Word: limiting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sign of the change is that Volcker went along with a gradual reorientation of Fed policy toward pepping up economic growth. In 1986 the Reserve Board let the basic money supply grow at a 16% annual pace, far above Volcker's original target limit of 8%. That money spurt, along with the weakening dollar, has let inflation edge up this year and may have sown the seeds of future rises that could nullify part of Volcker's celebrated victory against spiraling prices...
...fruits of the grueling workouts undergone at Red Top and The Ferry are borne on the afternoon of the first Saturday in June. Three crews--freshmen, junior varsity and varsity--push themselves to the limit of their physical and competitive capability over two, three and four miles courses. Wind, waves and undesirable race conditions notwithstanding (as was the case last Saturday) the Race must...
Edward B. Rasmuson '62, chairman of the National Bank of Alaska, criticized liberals and environmentalists for attempting to limit the oil industry in his native state of Alaska...
This prolife pedigree prompted Ronald Reagan to nominate Koop as Surgeon General in 1981. For eight months the appointment was held up in Congress as liberals challenged Koop's views, his zealotry and his public-health credentials. When Koop finally won Senate confirmation, few expected him to limit his public advocacy to health warnings on cigarette packs...
...proud passion and idealistic intensity that once endeared him to conservatives now enrage right- wing activists. This sea change stems from a single cause: the politics of AIDS. The Surgeon General is the Administration's leading advocate of the view that sex education is the most effective way to limit the AIDS epidemic. Beginning with a controversial report to the President last October, Koop has insistently argued that candor and condoms are more effective public-health tools than sermons on chastity. Last week Koop was the lone Administration dissenter from a plan for widespread AIDS testing. His argument...