Word: limiters
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Bradley called for a constitutional amendment allowing states and the U.S. Congress "explicit authority to limit spending in campaigns and contributions from any sources...
...anyone who is close to Harvard women's swimming knows that to bet against this group would be foolish. If the team swims up to its potential, the sky is the limit...
...change in daytime television, which is facing increasing pressure, both economic and political, to tone itself down. And indeed, after years of topics like "Get Bigger Breasts or Else" (Rolonda) and "He Slept with the Baby-Sitter" (Sally Jessy Raphael), there is evidence that there may actually be a limit to what audiences will watch. Last week saw the twin cancellations of Gabrielle Carteris' and Charles Perez's shows; already consigned to the scrap heap are the programs of Carnie Wilson and Danny Bonaduce. Of the eight new shows introduced last year with great fanfare--or at least as much...
...imagine the results. Most people (including, I'd bet, the state legislators) ignored the limit completely. If they were pulled over, they got out their wallets, counted out some change, and left. The going joke: Give the first officer a $20 bill and tell the next three you already paid...
According to everyone I've spoken to who has driven under both policies, things are a lot different and a lot better now. Montana has done away with the speed limit in favor of a hefty fine for reckless driving, a charge which carries much stiffer insurance penalties than mere speeding. In the past, being pulled over for speeding was a minor inconvenience at its worst. Now, if you are pulled over because of the speed you're doing, its no joking matter...