Word: limiting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Lead-contaminated water is fairly common in the Boston area, according to Anthony B. Abruzese, a spokesperson for the Massachusetts Division of Water Supply. Federal standards limit lead concentrations in water to 50 parts per billion, although Abruzese said any water with more than 20 parts per billion is unsafe. He added that drinking severely contaminated water can damage the central nervous system, cardiovascular system, and kidneys...
...logic applies to almost any other industry, as corporate executives well know. Business people are funneling contributions to Republicans and Democrats alike, in fact to anyone with a reasonable chance of winning or holding a national office. By using loopholes in the election reform laws of 1974, which limit political contributions to candidates, corporate donors have helped make the 1988 national campaign the most free-spending in history...
...next day the government announced that it would introduce legislation to limit the right of suspects in Northern Ireland to remain silent during legal proceedings. Courts could then infer guilt if a suspect refused to answer questions. While the right to silence has been a cornerstone of British criminal justice, the Conservative Party's 101-seat majority in the House of Commons makes passage of the measure virtually certain...
...chief David D'Alessandro, "show who he really is." Dukakis talks directly to the camera. In one he recalls what it was like to be a young father. In another he sketches his hopes for the future. But do not expect Phil Donahue. Says D'Alessandro: "Dukakis has a limit as to how much he can do as far as changing his persona." Maybe all this touchy-feely stuff is not so important after all. Noted campaign manager Susan Estrich after the debate: "I think we shouldn't make too much of likability...
...United Arab Emirates was the next to flout its production quotas. Long dissatisfied with its limit of 948,000 bbl. per day, the U.A.E. announced last August that it would pump 1.5 million bbl., and now produces nearly 2 million. In response, Kuwait raised its daily output from 1 million to 1.6 million...