Word: moratoriums
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...Cambridge License Commission denied liquor licenses to two Indian restaurants, Gandhi and Old Calcutta, and prevented Warburton's from moving into the square because a current city moratorium has set a limit on the number of liquor licenses and fast-food restaruants in the area...
...U.A.W. and Ford reached in September. That contract gave Ford workers a 3% wage hike in the first year, along with 3% lump-sum payments in both the second and third years. Far more important to the U.A.W. was the issue of job security. The Ford deal imposed a moratorium on plant closings and barred layoffs for any reason other than a severe sales slump. From GM, the U.A.W. apparently received similar assurances about future employment levels, but in an important concession, the union will allow GM to proceed with already announced plans to close 16 plants, idling...
With so much at stake, pressure is mounting for an international agreement restricting antisatellite-weapons development. The Soviets have observed a self-imposed ASAT test ban since 1982, and recently called for a bilateral moratorium on further testing. For several years, Congress has backed a partial ASAT moratorium, but the Pentagon has persistently opposed such constraints. ASAT critics argue that if the U.S. continues to develop antisatellite weapons it will only force the Soviets to do likewise -- and ultimately put U.S. devices at risk. "ASAT arms control," notes Congressman George Brown, a California Democrat, "will serve this nation better than...
...years in the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START) in Geneva. The Soviets have agreed to significant reductions in their ICBMs -- but only on condition that the U.S. accept restrictions on the development and testing of the Strategic Defense Initiative, or Star Wars. The Administration is willing to discuss a moratorium on deployment of SDI, but not constraints on testing. The President has said he is worried that the Soviets are out to "kill" the program with restrictions on research and development...
...meetings have happy outcomes. Last week, for example, Brazil discomfited fellow club members by suspending payment on more than $1 billion of debt principal owed to governments. But the moratorium, which had been widely expected, will not affect this year's interest payments to the club of about $242 million...