Word: limiting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...thing that could cause Asian debts to become threatening would be a continued escalation of global protectionism. The Pacific countries have long kept many foreign goods out of their markets, and in recent years the U.S. and Europe have increasingly responded with moves to limit everything from imported textiles to cars. Suh Sang-Mok, vice president of the Korea Development Institute, asserted that his country, which has a foreign debt of $48 billion, is being squeezed by the trade policies of the industrialized world...
...group of businessmen announced a plan to build a 200-mile, four-lane private toll road that would link the Colorado cities of Fort Collins and Pueblo. Since no Government funds would be used for the project, the road would be exempt from the federal 55-m.p.h. speed limit and would allow cruising at up to 80 m.p.h. Under the terms of an 1883 state law, private investors can, in some cases, gain the power of eminent domain to build a road...
Town pension funds that limit their investments, past and present, to an established list of corporations without South African ties, would be permitted to make riskier but more lucrative investments than those currently allowed by state guidelines if the bill passes, Blanchette said...
...many experts, there is no long-range alternative. The oil crisis has receded but is likely to become a problem again within decades. Coal is still plentiful, but its consequences -- air pollution, acid rain and the threat of global warming caused by the greenhouse effect -- will limit its use. "I'm very concerned about our energy future," says Lyle Wilcox, the Department of Energy's Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Reactor Research. Without nuclear energy, he claims, "we're left to burning up our national resources...
...women agree, at least in part, that sexual practices are "up to the individual to decide for himself or herself." Nonetheless, those questioned were willing to regulate some specific sex acts. The percentage of those who would allow federal or state authorities to limit or outlaw...