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...last question is a non-binding referendum calling for a moratorium on the construction of nuclear power plants in Massachusetts...
Fortunately, there is one author in a position to do something about this situation. Senator Daniel P. Moynihan (Maximum Feasible Misunderstanding) plans to introduce special legislation that would exempt publishers from the Thor ruling. The bill would join one sponsored by Senator Gaylord Nelson, who favors a moratorium on implementing Thor. In the meantime, publishers searching for loopholes might consider the tax credits available for energy conservation. Books stacked against the walls of warehouses might be considered insulation. For the more literary, who prefer a Swiftian modest proposal, there is always the book-burning stove...
...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...