Word: limiting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...beneficiaries, even Zip Codes," says Mauro Montoya, legal-services coordinator for the Whitman Walker Clinic in Washington. Sensitive to such charges and the mounting number of lawsuits, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners will meet in Orlando next week to consider volun tary guidelines that would, among other things, limit what questions may be asked of policy applicants. "To ask 'Have you ever been treated for AIDS?' would be appropriate," says Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Peter Gillies. "But not 'Are you a hairdresser...
...office was the nerve center for the invasion of Grenada; he masterminded the hijacking of the plane carrying the Achille Lauro terrorists; and he has been the principal adviser behind a private network designed to fund and arm the contras. "His role was to go right up to the limit of the law," says an Administration official familiar with North's activities. "He lost sight of the dividing line...
...hoping that people will finally see theneed for policies" that limit smoking in publicplaces, said Joyce Shui '87 of Winthrop House,president of the Committee on Smoking Policy, agroup of Harvard students lobbying for strictersmoking regulations both at Harvard and in thecommunity at large
Ironically, Sarney's very success could gradually limit his power. The ambitious new politicians who will now take their seats in congress and state governors' mansions are already jockeying for position within the P.M.D.B. It may not be long before the boldest among them begin to challenge Sarney's authority...
...show-biz demands of television do some damage to the program's credibility. Because it is not a real trial, witnesses could not be subpoenaed (Marina Oswald was among the few who refused to appear). The lawyers agreed to adhere to a time limit on questioning, and the number of witnesses was streamlined. Complained Spence after the taping: "All kinds of inadmissible hearsay got into evidence, necessitated by the fact that this was a three-day trial instead of a three-month trial...