Word: limiting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ruling should have great impact. It's the best thing since the zipper." Eleven Latin nations* and Spain are among the countries that require journalists to be licensed, typically through a colegio (similar to a trade union) controlled by the government. Advocates of licensing say the practice helps limit the profession to qualified candidates. Some journalists within the license-granting countries agree. Since doctors and lawyers must get their credentials certified, they argue, that requirement should be extended to professional journalists. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has debated licensing as a way to protect journalists operating...
...omnibus reform bill that would help depopulate the state's prisons of less dangerous criminals. One tactic: parole hearings would be scheduled for convicts who had served 95% of the time needed for eligibility. The necessary qualifying time for parole would continue to be lowered until the federally mandated limit of 7,019 prisoners was reached. Some progress has already been made. As of last week the inmate population was down to 7,231, a decline of more than 500 since October. But no one expects a quick fix to the festering problems of Tennessee's prisons...
...years, the President has ruled the 7,000-island archipelago by keeping opposition forces in jail, in disarray and in constant uncertainty about his next move. He has also not hesitated to alter the country's democratic practices to suit his purposes. He evaded the constitution's limit of two four-year terms for the presidency by declaring martial law midway through his second term. Even when Marcos lifted martial law in 1981, he did not give up his authority to rule by decree. In recent years, however, Marcos' position has been eroded by his inability to contain a growing...
...well as providing storage space for the University's 10.5 million-and-counting book collection, HDI is also "designed to provide the best possible environment for the secure preservation of materials," according to Sidney Verba '53, director of the University Library. The building will limit the rate of change in temperature and humidity and keep the air circulating more than in the libraries, says Robert A. Silverman, director of planning. "We've tried to take the long view on this." The facility is expected to meet the University's needs "into the next century," he says...
Even though there was no agreement to limit nuclear arms, he added, the two sides had moved closer to an understanding on which to base further dialogue...