Word: loosens
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...bill proposed by Senator Edward Kennedy last year to ban the sale, import and manufacture of small handguns is considered dead. Indications are that Congress may even loosen the already weak restrictions on guns. The 1.8 million-member N.R.A., with an annual budget of $30 million, forms the nation's most powerful single-interest group. One pro-N.R.A. bill, sponsored by Senator James Mc-Clure of Idaho and originally called the gun-decontrol bill, already has 61 sponsors in the Senate. It would loosen interstate trade in firearms and allow their possession by some categories of felons...
Called upon to heave 67-pound cases of Prestone onto a 15-foot pile in the stock room. I gained a new pride in my athletic ability. After working up a sweat filling the charcoal display, I would roll up my sleeves, loosen my tie, and whisper, "Now comes Miller time," as I sipped a Fanta grape soda...
When French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing took office in 1974, he promised to loosen the tight control that the Elysée Palace had maintained over French life, especially the press. Battle-weary French journalists looked forward to a new era of peaceful coexistence. As Finance Minister under President Georges Pompidou, the accessible Giscard had long been a favorite with reporters covering an otherwise chilly Elysée government. As President, he brought a refreshingly relaxed approach to the office, dining with workers' families and playing tennis. But after six years, a markedly different Giscard...
...therefore, with an air of urgency that President Jimmy Carter last week announced a six-point program to aid the ailing industry. The President's plan will give steel some tax relief, loosen antipollution regulations, and provide protection against foreign imports. Although the proposals were less than steelmen wanted, they generally applauded the measures. Said one top steel official: "This industry has been a whipping boy for 50 years. Now we find the Administration in power saying we need to support steel and not knock...
...reorganization of AT&T is part of the Federal Communications Commission's plan to loosen Government control over the communications industry. Last April the FCC ruled that the phone company could enter the field of computer communications, from which it has been previously barred. But at the same time, Washington required that AT&T separate its new computer operations from its traditional telephone services. The new corporate structure will result in two almost separate companies, one to handle the regulated phone business and Baby Bell to sell the rapidly expanding array of equipment, from picture phones to computers, that...