Word: limiting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...recruitment efforts for Asian Americans of all socio-economic backrounds. The active schedules of minority student recruiters and the elaborate Minority Pre-Frosh Weekend every April are specific examples of the effort spent in trying to attract as many qualified Asian Americans as possible to Harvard. Having an upper-limit quota is clearly inconsistent with the time, energy and funds the Admissions Office invests in recruiting Asian Americans...
...least half of the union's decision makes absolute sense. But there still is one lingering question: Why limit eligiblity for the transition team vote to those members who signed union cards before the May 17 election? The union says it did so because there has not been an organizing drive--with cards distributed to workers--since then. Yet, some have signed cards since then...
Cholesterol. The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute suggests that Americans limit themselves to 300 mg ( 1/100 oz.) of cholesterol a day. Cholesterol is found only in animal products, sometimes to a high degree: one egg yolk has 272 mg, and 3 oz. of beef liver has 331 mg. Saltwater fish, on the other hand, are extremely low in cholesterol and also contain omega-3 fatty acids, which may lower LDL levels. Not all seafood is as highly recommended: shrimp and crab, for example, have twice as much cholesterol as fish. Grundy's major candidates for removal from the diet...
...deal also raises the salary competition among executives to absurd levels. Says John Swearingen, former chairman of Standard Oil of Indiana: "There is a limit to what managers ought to be paid for managing other people's money." Adds a top executive involved in a current takeover: "The yardstick for compensation has just gotten twelve inches longer. The chief executive who's doing a first-class job running a major U.S. corporation for $890,000 a year is going to start thinking he's some kind of a fool...
...national interest to allow companies to go so heavily into debt." As chairman of a House subcommittee that covers finance, the Massachusetts Democrat will play a key role in drafting any legislation to curb LBO excesses when Congress reconvenes next year. But lawmakers are uncertain how to limit buyouts, or even if they should...