Word: limiteds
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...always provided an outstanding education to some, the wave of reform has given a better education to all. Says Carnegie Corporation President John Gardner, chairman of the presidential task force on educational goals: "Gifted and non-gifted students are being challenged to perform closer to the limit of their abilities...
...when the Conservative government introduced a bill to limit Commonwealth immigration for the first time in the nation's history, Laborite Patrick Gordon Walker led the Opposition's opposition. He decried the measure as "barefaced racial discrimination," warned that it would do serious damage to Britain's relations with its Commonwealth partners. Speaker after speaker rose to support him, protesting that the legislation struck at the roots of Britain's traditional tolerance toward visitors and residents of any creed...
Under the new setup, which should pass Congress handily, candidates will henceforth be allowed to run for only one office at a time as a representative of only one party at a time. To limit the multiplying number of parties (13 at last count), no new party will be admitted to next year's national ballot unless it obtains signatures from 3% of the 18 million registered voters...
...motion was made, seconded, and passed by a slim majority-to limit debate to ten more minutes...
...Stimpson added that these changes reflect the policy of the Admissions Office to encourage applicants to be more thoughtful about their choice of colleges. "It's our responsibility to limit applications to those which are realistic," she noted...