Word: portioning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...obscenity ruling that upset anti-pornography activists, the court unanimously struck down a major portion of Congress's 1988 dial-a-porn law. The statute, which had sought to criminalize "obscene or indecent" telephone-message services, had been enacted at the urging of parents' groups that complained the racy phone communications were too easily accessible to children. But last week the court insisted on maintaining the distinction between obscenity, which may be prohibited, and indecency, which may not. Justice Byron White declared that banning indecent but not obscene telephone calls for adults went beyond what was needed to protect children...
...locations worldwide, Club Med has become a leader in family vacations. Other luxury resorts have followed suit. The Village at Smugglers' Notch in Vermont even offers a money-back guarantee: "If your child for some reason doesn't enjoy all the activities we have planned, we will refund that portion of your package...
...install scrubbers on smokestacks, switch to burning low-sulfur coal or adopt new technology for cleaner burning of high-sulfur coal. Moreover, they can trade what would amount to pollution rights. If one utility cuts sulfur- dioxide emissions more than the law requires, it can sell the unused portion of the emissions it is allowed to another company that is having trouble meeting its standard. While the total reduction would be the same, both companies would cut costs: the seller because it would get extra money, and the buyer because it might be less expensive for it to purchase pollution...
...only become a priority issue for unionsin recent years since women are making up anincreasing portion of the workforce, and childcare has typically been the mother'sresponsibility," says an AFSCME researcher...
...School students say they rarely enjoy such direct encouragement from McArthur. Faculty and students alike have acknowledged that external relations comprise a large portion of McArthur's responsibilities; and as a result, his realm is often the boardroom rather than the classroom...