Word: limiteds
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...naval headquarters overlooking the Philippine Sea. Also in clear view from the spacious verandas on the Hill was a tangible reminder of the larger stakes-and risks-in the Viet Nam war: the Soviet trawler Gidrofon, laden with electronic snooping gear, lying just beyond the three-mile limit in order to monitor U.S. B-52 flights to Viet Nam and track the six Polaris subs based at Guam...
...prohibited from accepting compensation for helping to procure "any contract" from any U.S. agency. But what is a "thing of value"-and what constitutes influence? Today most legislators follow the rule of accepting as gifts only "what can be eaten or smoked in a day." Others set some monetary limit, for example, $5. Quips Ohio Senator Stephen Young: "I arbitrarily declare every bottle of bourbon worth...
...discuss this matter fully would require a memorandum as long as that of my friend Professor Kaplan, who is one of those who fear the present bills. You have no room to print a discussion of that length. I limit myself, therefore, here, to saying that quite a number of Departments and individuals within the University favor the bills now before the Congress or, at least, look upon them with much less fright than do Mr. Oettinger, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Kaplan. For instance, I understand that the University Library does not take the same position as that expressed...
Good Case? In the courts, a clear-cut question remains to be answered: Does Congress have the right to establish and judge the qualifications of members-elect, or is it limited to the three criteria mentioned in the Constitution-age, citizenship and state residence? In the past, the House has excluded members on a variety of grounds without interference from the courts. But now that Powell has brought suit to regain his seat, a clash between the judicial and legislative branches may be imminent. On the Hill, many Congressmen argue that the judiciary has no right to intervene in internal...
...other hand, picked up the game from his freshman roommate who invited him to sit in on a low stake Friday night game. He developed a feel for the game playing for pennies but then the stakes began to climb from a quarter to a fifty cent limit on each bet, then to a halfpot--where a bet can equal half the money on the table--and finally to pot limit. In pot limit games, which start with a quarter on the table, several hundred dollars can change hands in one evening. Burns had moved beyond the casual carders...