Word: limits
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Arms Race. For the most part, Ford continued to remain on the defensive. At a press conference, he tried to counter the arguments that the SALT agreement with the Soviets either did not go far enough in limiting arms or represented undue arms concessions on the part of the U.S. "It puts a cap on future buildups," he insisted, "and it actually reduces a part of the buildup at the present time." Ford was convinced that without the agreement, the Russians intended to construct more than the new limit of 2,400 missile launchers and 1,320 MlRVs...
...Limits. The oil producers, of course, are unlikely to make any such grandiose grab for industrial power. Nonetheless, officials of both the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve Board now feel that some restrictions must be placed on investments in the U.S. by OPEC members. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Arthur Burns has indicated that oil-country investments should be confined to such nonsensitive companies as Quaker Oats and Coca-Cola (see TIME ESSAY, page 37). The Trilateral Commission, a group of academics, civil servants and businessmen from North America, Europe and Japan, is considering recommending a 10% limit...
...absorb the petrodollar billions. The Arabs, however, are suspicious of the fluctuating prices on stock exchanges. They prefer to lend money directly to Western companies, buy control of companies not listed on stock exchanges, participate in joint ventures with Western firms, and buy real estate. There is a limit, of course, to how much capital such activities can absorb, and the oil producers will inevitably be tempted to go for a piece of the big industrial action...
...League Presidents' Council voted Tuesday in a meeting in New York to reduce football staffs to seven full-time coaches, limit assistant football coaches and allow freshmen to compete in three varsity sports--baseball, lacrosse and soccer...
...purple silk cravats and false moustaches. The orchestra played "God Save the King" before the curtain went up--an affectation, but a high-spirited one. Even an uncolorful production can't frustrate an audience of Gilbert and Sullivan-ophiles intent on enjoying themselves. But such a production does limit the real fun to those who can compensate for its limitation with their memories of other productions, their knowledge of the libretto and their sympathy for the material...