Word: limits
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...George Taber and Roger Beardwood, Jobert argued that the superpower detente, which he referred to as "a condominium," was different from the kind of accord achieved by such lesser powers as France or West Germany. The effect of the Kissinger detente, he fears, will be to neutralize Western Europe, limit its world role, and even block any development of its nuclear capability. "The agreement of June 22 put the seal on what had been prepared for a long time ... a kind of modus vivendi in the management of world affairs between the U.S. and the Soviet Union in their relations...
...levels. In Washington, the Senate followed the House in voting year-round Daylight Saving Time, effective in late December or early January, and it approved a ten-year, $20 billion program for energy research and development, exclusive of funds to be spent on nuclear research. More states lowered speed limits; freeway-laced California went down to 55 m.p.h., and so did Florida. In Los Angeles, the Department of Water and Power announced a contingency plan to limit businesses to 50 hours of operation per week...
...Lower speed limits: Truckers claim that their rigs run more efficiently at 65 m.p.h. than at the 55-m.p.h. limit already in effect in many states and slated to become the national standard. On the contrary, a General Motors computer study indicates that trucks burn 1 5% less fuel going 50 to 55 m.p.h. than when doing 70. The real issue in the cabs is not fuel economy but money in the wallet. Most hired drivers are paid by the mile, not the hour; the 400,000 who pilot their own rigs must try to haul as many loads...
...special Senate committee will soon propose legislation to limit presidential emergency powers, Patrick M. Norton, a second-year Law student and former committee staff member said yesterday...
...French land policy transformed the character of life in the countryside, creating a tiny elite of largely absentee owners--who controlled wide tracts of land--and a huge class of landless tenants. An 1839 Nguyen decree had limited the size of an individual's landholdings; under the French some landlords owned up to 150 times this limit. Every peasant in traditional Vietnam had been guaranteed his share of land; under French rule over half the peasants became landless and many of the rest owned plots so small that they had to rent more from the landlord...