Word: limiting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...since its creation 23 years ago. The new legislation is designed to prevent 31 million elderly and disabled Americans from being wiped out by the crippling cost of hospitalization. Among other things, the bill provides unlimited free hospital care after a $589 deductible is reached, a $1,400 annual limit on doctor's fees and a portion of outpatient drugs...
...questions for those who would legalize drugs. Among them: Which drugs should be permitted, just marijuana or the more damaging heroin, cocaine and angel dust? How would they be sold, by prescription through hospitals and clinics or in "drugstores," tobacco shops, even supermarkets? Would there be an age limit, and how would it be enforced? Would users be permitted to buy as much as they wanted, even if their demands became insatiable as their addictions deepened? Or would there be some kind of so-many-grams-per- customer limit? If so, again, how would it be enforced? As long...
...Soviets were moving toward meeting that standard. They also agreed in principle to subceilings, which would limit the number of warheads that could be kept on each "leg" of the strategic triad -- ICBMs, submarine- launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) and intercontinental bombers. The U.S. wanted what it called "preferential" subceilings, which mandated deep cuts in ICBMs, where the Soviets had piled up most of their firepower, while all but leaving alone SLBMs and bombers, two areas of American advantage. "That's not fair, and you know it," said Karpov. "If there are to be subceilings, they'll apply equally...
...with the problems of displacement and gentrification, but a response may finally come from the residents and businesses of the Square. In response to the scheduled development, several neighborhood groups have put together a plan to rezone the Square. Their plan is to place a two- or three-story limit on new development and to require the developers to include affordable housing in their buildings...
...successful cloture motion, which would limit debate, requires 60 votes. Far more than 60 senators have supported the treaty in a series of early-round test votes. Approval of a cloture motion Thursday would begin a 30-hour clock for debate, meaning a vote on the treaty could occur Friday...