Word: limiters
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Cambridge Civic Association is pushing a set of issues oriented toward the technical side of good government. According to Civic Association President R. Philip Dowds, candidates endorsed by the Association are concerned about continuing the cost-effective delivery of services as the city approaches its tax levy limit...
...DOES A SINGER AS TALented as Mariah Carey continue to limit herself to churning out generic pop songs? Her self-titled debut displayed great promise, showcasing her gospel energy and vocal range on such hit songs as Vision of Love and Vanishing. songs as Vision of Love and Vanishing. But Carey's third full album, Music Box, seems perfunctory and almost passionless . . . and that raises a lot of other questions...
...payment," Clinton said, on his campaign promise for 100,000 new cops. A centerpiece of the plan is the Brady bill, which would mandate a five-working-day waiting period for gun purchases. Other provisions would send young offenders to military-style boot camps instead of prison. Clinton would limit the ability of those convicted of capital crimes to file "habeas corpus" appeals endlessly through the federal courts, and at the same time expand to 47 the number of crimes subject to the death penalty...
Clinton backed a crime-fighting bill that would mandate a five-day waiting period for gun purchasers, provide $3.4 billion to put 50,000 more police on the street nationwide -- an 8% increase -- and limit the number of appeals that may be filed by death-row inmates. Clinton also announced Executive Orders suspending the import of assault-style handguns and tightening licensing requirements for gun dealers...
...coursing through the pipes again this week, but there will be no running water safe to drink for an additional three weeks or so. Meanwhile, residents seeking water for any purpose last week had to line up for supplies trucked in from outside and dispensed at 100 different locations (limit: 2 gal. to a customer); they were forbidden to enter office buildings because sprinkler systems could not protect them from fire. Downtown at times looked like a city under military occupation: deserted except for National Guardsmen who patrolled the streets while helicopters buzzed overhead. President Clinton, who toured flooded areas...