Word: limits
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Schumacher does not limit his examples to Third World countries. The British worker-owned plastics factory which he describes, and of which he is currently a director, applies his views in an advanced industrialized economy. The Scott Bader Commonwealth is solidly placed in the ranks of modern industry, a leading producer of polyester resins as well as alkyds, polymers, and plasticizers. Its unique construction limits the size of the corporation to 350 people, however, in order that "every person in it can embrace it in his mind and imagination." If growth beyond this size appears necessary, new fully independent units...
...Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to acquit Kenneth C. Edelin is important for the support it gives to a woman's constitutional right to an abortion. The conviction of Dr. Edelin for manslaughter following an abortion he performed on October 3, 1973 was the triumph of a prosecutor anxious to limit the right to an abortion in this country. In finding insufficient evidence to prove any "wanton" or "reckless" conduct to a viable human being, the Court has reasserted its faith in doctors' good medical judgments in performing abortions and in the rights of patients...
...rejecting Flanagan's plea, the majority opinion has thwarted an ugly attempt to limit the definition of a legal abortion. But in writing in an additional majority statement arguing that Edelin, as long as he did not cause its death, could not be held liable even had the fetus lived and then died, three of the justices have gone a step further: they have offered protection to doctors who perform abortions in the future. Justices Kaplan, Braucher and Wilkins recognized that when a 17-year-old woman entered Boston City Hospital in late September 1973 requesting an abortion, Edelin observed...
...women also said they find the atmosphere at the dinners dissolves the tensions that they feel limit their relationships with women here. Judy Zachs '79 said, "It's sad, but I tend not to meet other women. The dinners are a great chance to meet other women. It's much easier here...
...Yard and all Juniors and Seniors in the River Houses. This would alter the House system radically, but would certainly solve many problems. It would allow for better integration of programs for Freshmen and Sophomores, it would make the college experience more similar for all students, it would effectively limit the relative ranking of the various Houses, and competition for places in the popular ones; and would insure that all students did in fact live in the House system for two years...