Word: limitted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...past 60 years begin to unravel, where you have a situation like the one you had in Venezuela last February ((riots broke out in response to austerity measures)). I don't think this is likely. But it's not something you can discard entirely. There is a limit to how much people can take. That limit is being approached now, too quickly. I know for a fact, and I think every Mexican knows, that an explosion in Mexico would make the Caracas riots look like child's play...
BOSTON--A coalition including a likely Republican candidate for state treasurer and a radio talk show host proposed a state constitutional amendment yesterday that would limit top elected officials to two terms...
Supporters of the plan noted that 30 states limit the terms of at least some top state offices. Currently, elected state officials can serve indefinitely...
Political candidates can receive no more than $1000 from any one donor but there is no such limit on contributions to petition drives for ballot questions. Asked if his support for the two-term limit would enable him to receive large contributions from supporters via the fund supporting the ballot drive, Malone said he would not abuse the system...
Fate and circumstance combine to limit the death toll in what is nevertheless the tenth worst air crash in U.S. history. -- On the diplomatic front: a senior U.S. foreign service officer is suspected of espionage, and George Bush is accused of giving embassy jobs to wealthy but unqualified supporters. -- The Stealth bomber takes to the skies -- but Congress may shoot it down...