Word: limits
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...France sought to justify its plane's loud takeoff by explaining that the pilot was trying to climb unusually fast in an effort to limit noise over populated areas. British officials told an annoyed Secretary of Transport William Coleman, who has allowed the planes to land only on a 16-month trial basis, that their takeoff plans had also been changed for this reason...
...strength of this work, Jones decided to teach a junior tutorial on the sports personality. Reaction to the tutorial was so favorable that Psych. and Soc. Rel. 1860 was established to help meet student demand for instruction in the subject. Still, Jones likes to limit the class to 50 students, in order "to give more personal, one-to-one contact. I can't do that with 200 people," he says. Indeed, that's how many showed up for the first class two years ago, but over two-thirds were discouraged by the course's stringent academic requirements...
...Ford could be faulted for delaying until late last week final action on re-creating the Federal Election Commission-a move that had stalled the campaign funds that are overdue to Reagan. Moreover, at least the timing of an announcement that the Justice Department may try to limit court-ordered busing could be questioned as an effort to help Ford in some remaining primary fights. With considerable justification, N.A.A.C.P. Executive Director Roy Wilkins asked pointedly...
Indy's Gasoline Alley, the row of machine shops that line the famed old oval, roared last week with the sound of 900-h.p. engines being pushed to their limit and bustled with mechanized frenzy, profanity and machismo as next Sunday's 500-mile race drew nearer. The Alley is the ultimate in that American male sanctuary, the local garage. TIME's Barrett Seaman reports how a woman was faring there last week...
British Prime Minister James Callaghan 's Labor Cabinet is six weeks old, and "Sunny Jim " is still enjoying an early crest of popular approval. Some of that can be traced to his government's success in negotiating a second-phase pay increase limit with the country's trade unions that is designed to halve Britain's critical inflation rate to about 6% by the end of next year. Another Callaghan asset is his personal openness and ebullience. At his new official home at No. 10 Downing Street, he tells visitors that he feels like a cardinal...