Word: moratorium
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...last question is a non-binding referendum calling for a moratorium on the construction of nuclear power plants in Massachusetts...
...last item on the ballots of a third of the Massachusetts districts, including Cambridge's, will be a referendum calling for a moratorium on the construction of nuclear power plants in the state...
Longtime supporters of a moratorium on building of nuclear plants include Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54 (D-Mass.), Lt. Gov. Thomas P. O'Neil III, and Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass...
Last spring Congress imposed a moratorium on overseas acquisitions of U.S.banks with more than $100 million in as sets, but the measure expired at the end of June. Now the General Accounting Office has recommended a new ban, and pressure for legislation is building. The House last week held hearings on foreign bank activities in the U.S. Critics argue that it is risky to let non-Americans absorb too large a segment of domestic banking. They contend that foreign-owned banks may not always cooperate with U.S. monetary policies to dampen inflation or prop up the dollar, particularly...
Other Harvard officials, however, said yesterday the six-month delay would not interfere with construction plans--which cannot begin until next spring--and added that it was possible Harvard would proceed with the demolition once the moratorium expired...