Word: limiting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...uttered on the air at a time of day when children might be listening. Last week, however, the commission announced it will now use the wider definition. Said FCC General Counsel Diane Killory: "The interpretation has been too narrow. We will apply the generic definition and not limit it arbitrarily to seven specific words...
...devices will fare in the marketplace remains to be seen. Their current price tags will certainly limit sales: Navigator sells for $1,395, and the DriverGuide is expected to cost about $1,000. Toyota already offers a computerized dashboard map on an expensive model sold only in Japan, but while U.S. automakers are testing the devices, none have plans to offer them as options before the early 1990s...
...President's dilemma spotlights a basic conundrum of the nuclear age: how to limit access to the nuclear button yet make sure it can still be pushed if something suddenly happens to the President. The novel also gets to the heart of a debate over nuclear strategy: Does it make sense to target the Kremlin and other Soviet command centers? That might serve to destroy Moscow's war-fighting capability, but it could also eliminate its ability to de- escalate a crisis once the shooting begins. This strategy is known as "nuclear decapitation," and Aaron likens it to "two headless...
...quotas are not exceded. Lotteries are held each week to determine who can speak and who can't. But SASC & Co. still send blockaders to every speech (there are much fewer they need to keep track of now). To reduce campus unrest and cut expenditures, Spence lowers the limit to once a month, and then once a year, matching the number of campus-wide alcohol parties each House can have...
Specifically, ICL would permit a cumulative limit of $50,000 on graduate and undergraduate loans, to be paid back at interest levels three percent higher that the Treasury rate. Repayment would begin six months after a student leaves school with payments not to exceed 15 percent of income. There would be no time limit on the length of repayment, but, on the other hand, no portion of the loan would be forgiven, regardless of the student's financial status...