Word: limits
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...they were not eligible for regular jobless payments. Another amendment calls for tax deductions of up to $1,000 for householders who, for the purpose of retaining heat in their homes, put in new insulation, storm windows and the like. The President would be given broad powers to limit temperatures in office buildings and chop working hours in shopping centers and schools. In debating the bill, the Senate rejected an amendment that would have required gas rationing by Jan. 15, on the ground that it was not yet certain that rationing will be needed...
...glad I didn't go down to Providence this weekend. Driving at 50 mph on I-95 after a summer of crusing through Montana and Nevada (whose only speed limit sign I saw instructed motorists to drive at a "reasonable and prudent" speed, which, of course, I totally ignored on route to setting a new personal landspeed record of 120 mph, downhill) was not my idea of fun. Neither was getting up at 8 a.m. to get to the soccer game on time, something I rarely do. Nor was Providence itself particularly enticing...
Rushing to work last week, John Doe, American, swung his car onto the freeway?only to discover that the posted speed limit had been reduced from 60 m.p.h. to 50 m.p.h. When he stopped at a gas station for a refill, he learned that overnight the price had gone up 2¢ per gal. At his office he felt unusually cool because the thermostats had been pushed down a couple of degrees, to a brisk 68ŗ. Later, when he finished work and was driving home, he noticed that the lights on outdoor advertising signs had been doused. In his living room...
...almost double in price, to 40¢ or more. Kerosene, diesel oil and jet fuel will all climb proportionately. Rising fuel costs will increase the price of electric power. Altogether, soaring fuel prices will pump $8 billion to $10 billion of pure inflation into the economy. Still, there is a limit to what consumers will pay. Even without Government restrictions, higher prices will force many Americans to forgo some of their wasteful ways: the long, speedy, aimless car trips; round-the-clock air" conditioning and hothouse home heating...
...been performing mourning rites for a relative in a distant province for several years. Kieu's parents and her sister Van, whom she had asked to marry Kim before she left home, insisted that Kieu follow through with her marriage pledge. Kieu finally acquiesced after Kim agreed to limit their relationship...