Word: limits
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...because of a 2% decrease in the death rate from heart disease - accounting for more than a third of all deaths - and a 5% decline in the rate from strokes. The rate from auto accidents dropped 20% last year, largely because of the new and sensible 55 m.p.h. speed limit and a decline in the number of miles driven as a result of the gasoline price rise...
...terms spelled out last week are substantially the same as those first proposed by Healey. They call for a "universal pay [raise] limit" of ?6 ($13.20) a week, except for those earning more than ? 8,500 ($18,700) a year. They will get no raises at all. In agreeing to the flat rate, rather than the 10% limit originally favored by Healey, the government made a gesture to the unions to help win their support. It means that workers on the lower end of the pay scale will get a larger proportionate increase, which will help erode pay differentials between...
...SALT. Limiting strategic arms remains the elusive goal of the SALT talks. At the semiweekly plenary sessions, the American and Soviet negotiating teams will be trying once again to hone an accord from the general guidelines adopted by Ford and Soviet Party Chief Leonid Brezhnev at their Vladivostok summit last November. There the two leaders agreed to limit their nations' arsenals to 2,400 strategic weapons each, of which 1,320 could be armed with multiple warheads, or MIRVs (multiple independently targeted re-entry vehicles...
...SALT I accord, which temporarily froze the total number of strategic missiles but gave the Soviets an advantage in the absolute number of missiles. That agreement was made, despite strong Pentagon opposition, to offset the commanding MIRV lead the U.S. then enjoyed. SALT II will, among other things, limit the U.S. and U.S.S.R. to one anti-ballistic missile site each, instead of the two ABMs permitted by SALT...
When Jonathan E. goes out to play his last game, we know he is doing battle for all of us. The biggies have waived the usual rules: no time limit, no penalties, no substitutions. As Jonathan skates his way toward the goal, the weight of all humankind presses heavily on his ball bearings, and it seems he will give in. Jewison has no patience with despair, however, and the movie concludes with a strong dose of spiritual uplift. Jonathan defies the corpo ration and shakes society to its roots. Maybe this means they'll have to bring back...