Word: limits
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...back to the negotiating table--with the clear aim of stopping the program." The New York Times itself has reported on the importance the Russians attach to Star Wars: "The Russians have said agreements to reduce the arsenals of nuclear bombs and missiles will depend on American willingness to limit the Strategic Defense Initiative...
...eyes and ears of police. Local spending on police increased by an impressive 65% between 1978 and 1983, according to one survey of some 600 U.S. cities. Despite some resistance to the huge costs, fully 35 states have embarked on prison-expansion programs. State legislatures are enacting laws to limit parole, stiffen sentences and provide new rights for the long-neglected victims of the senseless violence in urban America...
...public's fear and frustration have been felt by politicians and legislators at all levels, from Pennsylvania Avenue to Main Street. No one wants to be seen as soft on crime or on criminals. Ronald Reagan has led a conservative Administration that has championed efforts to limit the rights of criminal suspects and expand those of victims. Democrats Walter Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro made the reduction of crime an element of their plea to return to "family values." Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts, one of the most liberal members of the Senate, was a leading sponsor of the most sweeping federal...
...Insects attack them everywhere ("I covered myself in SAS anti-fungus powder until my erogenous zone looked like meat chunks rolled in flour"), hordes of leeches rush across the jungle floor to greet them, and cicadas, "megaphones built into their bodies," keep up a decibel level "way over the limit allowed in discotheques...
...their crucial duty to separate the wheat from the chaff in these Pentagon dreambooks if every time they attempt to bring the Administration back to earth their political opponents brand them doves. The again, they might grow tired of the Administration's claim that only a sky's-the-limit missiles buildup budget can effectively communicate our seriousness to the Soviets and become bearish on defense. Either way, the country is not likely to get the affordable national security we need, which is just what happens when reason tails to govern...