Word: limits
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...LUMET'S FILM does not limit itself to playing out fascinating mind games. As might be expected from a movie based on a play bursting with totem-like symbols, Equus is studded with the type of rich imagery that will easily come to mind with the mere mention of the film's title. Many viewers of Equus will fasten onto the scene of the nude Strang riding a madly galloping steed, a union of man and beast thrown into relief by backgrounds that alternate between the darkest of nights and a blinding brilliance of light. But the segment that qualifies...
...caused largely by temporary circumstances, such as a rise in fuel costs during last year's unusually cold winter. And although the university has fostered a sense of financial "crisis" by instituting a hiring freeze, much of that crisis was actually created by a corporate decision last month to limit the amount of endowment income used for general expenses...
Boston Edison's present suit also aruges that the decision of the BRA board was not valid because four of five board members are serving beyond the time limit of their original appointments, and the board's autonomy is undermined--so it is possible for Boston Mayor Kevin H. White to remove them at any time...
...study of users showed that 10% of those who tried the machine and were above the limit decided not to chance driving. But most bar owners and customers consider the machine a gag item, and some even compete for the highest score. In one Des Moines cocktail lounge, a waitress tells of two regulars who tied for the record. "You're supposed to be dead if you get the thing up to .50," says she, "but these guys both scored .49 and they didn't even look...
...what they felt were low salaries, large class size and insufficient job security In the end, they won their salary demands. A tenured teacher with a B.A. now earns $17,357 annually, one with a master's degree 19,825. In previous bargaining, Medford teachers had already won a limit of three evening appearances at the school per year (two for parent-teacher open houses). They are only required to remain 30 minutes after school twice a week to help students. Any supervision of student activities costs Medford extra...