Word: limiters
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Among those who remained, concern was widespread about the possible repeal of the "parking freeze" in Cambridge, a measure designed to limit development by halting the creation of new parking lots and garages...
...places a limit on human potential; it says that people cannot break barriers or overcome limits, that athletes should not run too fast...
...similar bill, it will be hard for Clinton to veto the measure as he has done twice before. The President faces a problem largely of his own making: last Tuesday, in a broadcast address to Governors, he announced that he was prepared unilaterally to impose a two-year limit on welfare recipients. The promise sounded a lot tougher than it probably was. Administration aides hastened to add that while recalcitrant adults might lose Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) benefits after two years, their children would probably keep theirs. Current law already has similar (if laxly enforced) work requirements...
...sort of vertical integration Time Warner hopes to achieve. The commission was particularly obsessed by TCI chieftain Malone, who controls 22% of TBS and therefore wields veto power over its acquisition. Together, TCI and Time Warner control 40% of the U.S. cable market, and the FTC dearly wanted to limit Malone's influence. In response, the infamously brilliant strategist, not a man renowned for his negotiating generosity, clinched the deal by suggesting the creation of a spinoff company comprising up to 14.9% of Time Warner shares--a company that he would not control...
Because these co-payments can add up for workers who have chronic health problems or children who require frequent medical care, the union has been negotiating with Harvard since September to limit the amount individuals would have...