Word: limiters
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...That's because for the first time in its history, California's gubernatorial race will have two rules that favor a tycoon with no voter following. The first is an open primary, which means voters can cross party lines; the second is a $1,000-per-person limit on contributions to candidates, which means Checchi's $600 million personal fortune will come in handy when it comes time to pay for a statewide TV campaign...
What more should be done? If America is less than secure against attack, what is the underlying cause? Well-meaning government officials and company presidents quickly learn that there is a limit to how much security Americans are willing to tolerate and pay for. They don't take long to mutter about living in a garrison state. Convenience and cost cutting are two near holy values in the U.S., and its citizens are not going to accept constant delays and higher costs to live in a city or ride on public transportation. That is, until they are engulfed...
...short-lived 1990 dramatic series The Bradys played a race-car driver who was wheelchair-bound owing to an accident--was arrested after flipping his car twice in a drunken-driving incident in Utah. The ex-actor, who had three times Utah's legal blood-alcohol limit, was working as an assistant cameraman on the set of CBS's religious drama Promised Land...
...system, this situation discourages students from expanding their social horizons. At a school with such a dynamic and diverse student body, students should be encouraged to broaden their associations rather than to narrow them. The University, in instituting the randomization of house selections, responded to concerns that students were limiting themselves to particular groups and circles. However the failure to give upperclass students universal access still encourages students to limit their associations to a small group. Universal access to the houses would improve campus unity and social interaction...
...proposed legislation would also limit the voting to the time between two council meetings. Council members could submit their votes to the vice-president during this period...