Word: limits
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...dismayed by Washington's obsession with Viet Nam. Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger have begun to rebuild American prestige and influence by the daring, skillful summit diplomacy that led to the agreement with Hanoi. To achieve their grandly labeled "generation of peace," Nixon and Kissinger are seeking to limit the American role in the world, concentrating on great power relationships and on learning to live with all kinds of Communist regimes...
...order for John Ehrlichman to give the President maximum support during campaign trips over the next several weeks, the following information is required for each of the states listed: 1. The identification of the substantive issue problem areas in the criminal justice field for that particular state. Please limit yourself to problems of sufficient magnitude...Keep it brief. All that is necessary is to flag a sensitive problem so that it either can be avoided or more extensive preparation can be undertaken should we choose to speak about...
...Heps pit the Ivy League schools and Army and Navy against each other. Among the other potentially strong teams are Princeton-much improved over last year-and Army. The cadets have been struck by sickness, however, and this should limit their free fire power...
...EMPLOYEES WERE REQUIRED TO PAY INCOME TAX ON THE COST OF THAT INSURANCE." The annual tax in the vast majority of cases did not amount to even $4. Only those employees in tax brackets over 20 per cent paid a higher levy, up to a theoretical limit...
...delights of the Greenfield collection is the care with which appropriate matching has been restored. Thus a war helmet and mask on Koma Kyuhaku's 18th century inro are complemented by a fierce little demon mask with ivory horns. In a sense, the extreme limit of aestheticization was reached by the makers of tsubas. Considered merely as an object, the 19th century sword guard of the blue-black copper alloy known as shakudo, inlaid with gold maple leaves (the gold patchy, as in autumn), is sumptuous enough. But the idea of dying with so delicate a work...