Word: limitted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...just a terrible job situation out there, and we simply have less people in the graduate schools," says Wilkinson. "The alternative is to limit the size of courses, and that's something a lot of people don't want...
Although Cambridge's tax needs have not yet reached the statemandated levy limit, the city is approaching its cap. The city estimates a levy of about $109 million of the permitted $113.5 million for this year, leaving only a $4 million margin. For fiscal 1989, the margin was nearly $13 million...
...compromise may be possible. Democrats initially resisted Bush's demand that employers be allowed to pay their newest employees a subminimum, so- called training wage of $3.35 during their first six months on the job. The House acquiesced but set a two-month limit on the training wage. If the Senate extends the subminimum to three months, Bush may decide to go along with a higher rate than he originally proposed...
...Miami President Edward Foote. In recent months, coaches and school administrators have debated the NCAA's Proposition 42, a plan that would raise the eligibility standards for athletic scholarships. Both sides of the argument claimed to speak for the disadvantaged. Some who opposed higher standardized-test scores tried to limit debate by labeling as racist or elitist those who favored such a change. But the focus of that debate was misplaced: too much attention was given to who gets in and too little to what happens to students once they are accepted...
...limit on the spread of biometrics has been the high price -- typically $3,000 or more for a security-access system. But as with many other electronic gadgets, the cost could come down rapidly. Ecco Industries of Danvers, Mass., hopes to market a $300 voice-recognition security device for consumers next year. Within a few years, biometric security systems may be incorporated into automated-teller machines and employed at checkout counters to verify that a person is not using a stolen credit card. "In time," predicts Joseph Freeman, head of a security market-research and consulting firm in Newtown, Conn...