Word: limitted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...extension of its policies regulating the sexual activities of its recruits. Given the disruptive effect a sexual relationship between between a man and a woman could have on the discipline not only of the individuals involved, but also of the entire troop, the military must severely limit the interaction between men and women. For example, men and women stay in separate barracks, and, as Joel Hornstein has told me, a man and a woman in the same ROTC troop are prohibited from having a relationship...
Wright may have more trouble defending himself against charges relating to bulk sales of his nonbook Reflections of a Public Man (it consists mainly of speech excerpts slapped together by an aide). On the surface, at least, the sales look like a blatant attempt to slide around House limits on members' outside income; honorariums for speeches are restricted, but book royalties are not. In several cases Wright's staff members pointed out that the Speaker was near his limit on honorariums and suggested that organizations buy books instead of paying him directly. Wright refused to answer any questions about...
...first woman to serve on the court, at the pivotal point of a 4-to-4 standoff. Though also a Reagan appointee, O'Connor has indicated that she would not reverse Roe entirely. But she has been strongly willing in the past to give states greater latitude to limit the availability of abortion, and limits are something that pro-choice forces fear almost as much as a reversal. Axing Roe would instantly bring home to millions of American women what they had lost. Whittling it away step by step, case by case could make it harder for pro-choice leaders...
...after school, enrolling them in day care, hiring nannies, making play dates, sending out laundry and ordering in pizza. "We spend a lot of time buying time," observes economist Smith. "What we're doing is contracting out for family care," notes Rand demographer Peter Morrison, "but there's a limit. If you contract out everything, you have an enterprise, not a family...
...convicted on all counts, he could be sentenced to 60 years in prison and fined as much as $3 million. However, federal court practice is generally to limit sentences to the longest term for any one count--in this case 10 years...