Word: limits
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...compromise zoning bill--which has been in the works for several years--imposes an 80-foot height limit on buildings and sets up a board to review proposals for major construction projects...
...BOREN-GOLDWATER amendment would be a step toward cutting the power of the big PACs. It would reduce the amount that a committee could give a congressman by 40 percent, and it would limit the total amount of PAC funds a legislator could accept. While the measure falls short of eliminating the PACs altogether, it would certainly reduce their excessive influence...
...growing leaner by the day. So far, the drop in crude has cut $2.5 billion from Mexico's anticipated 1986 earnings, and the country may not be able to stand much more. "Falling oil prices will have an impact on a Mexican budget that is already stretched to the limit," says Economist Rogelio Ramirez de la O. He estimates that a sustained price of $20 per bbl. for oil would cause the Mexican economy, which is still suffering the financial effects of last year's earthquake, to show no growth...
...three years after his re-election, Marcos declared martial law, citing the economic crisis of the day and the threat, then barely credible, of the Communist insurgency. His real motive was to remain in power beyond the constitutional limit of two four-year terms. For the next eight years Marcos ruled by decree, with the aim of building a New Society based on "constitutional authoritarianism." He claimed to be a dictator with a social conscience: he pushed forward with land reform (often at the expense of his landed political opponents) and carefully controlled trade unionism. More important, Marcos extended...
...been bound for New Zealand to be on hand for Queen Elizabeth II's visit there next month, but was quickly recruited for the rescue operation. Other British naval vessels, including the frigate Jupiter, were not allowed by the South Yemenis to sail within the twelve-mile territorial limit, but the Britannia, as a hospital ship, was permitted to enter the port of Aden. Britons and non-Britons alike were stirred when the Queen's yacht, its Royal Marine band playing Land of Hope and Glory and Rule Britannia, reached Djibouti with the first load of 350 evacuees...