Word: moratorium
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rules, which end a two week moratorium on drinking, are take effect today...
...University decided earlier this month that it would minimize its vulnerability to liability suits by tightening its restictions on drinking. Until a new policy is implemented, Jewett has asked for a moratorium on alcohol at public parties...
...April, amid growing opposition from neighbors and the City Council, Cambridge's historical commission declared the building "historically significant," resulting in a six-month moratorium on construction...
IPPNW rarely takes a position on particular arms control proposals. When it does, it directs its appeal to both the US and the USSR. One month before the Soviet Union announced its moratorium on nuclear testing, IPPNW formally appealed to President Reagan and General Secretary Gorbachev to halt nuclear testing. The Soviets have responded and we hope the US will do the same. A mutual moratorium on nuclear testing is in the self interest of both nations, indeed the world. It is a critical first step in slowing, and ultimately reversing this nuclear madness. Peter A. Zheutlin Director, Public Affairs...
Weinberger argues that the U.S. tests are needed to catch up with the Soviets, who have a much cruder ground-based ASAT system in operation. For their part, the Soviets threatened to break their unilateral moratorium on ASAT testing if the Pentagon proceeded. Ironically, the system that was tested last week is not necessarily the one that the U.S. is most likely to deploy. A ground-based model, possibly using laser technology, is favored by many military scientists...