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These bills came on top of no fewer than 150 others under consideration by Conyers' House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime. They range from a weak measure offered by President Ford that would prohibit the import and manufacture of cheap ($25) "Saturday night specials" to a proposal to outlaw the sale, ownership or possession of all handguns by private citizens. This and many other measures would be largely unenforceable. But the appalling fact is that despite the recent near tragedies and the countless tragedies that lie ahead for victims of gun wounds, not one of these 150 bills has much...
...rule on drug use is mild compared to the one against not showing your bursars card to any University official who demands it (a rule intended to make identifying rowdy demonstrators as easy as passing a hat for ID cards). The University "discourages" drug use, it does not prohibit it. Attempts to enforce a stricter rule on drugs--like trying to enforce parietal regulations--would meet unmanageable defiance...
...harries' anger stems from the new NCAA traveling regulations that prohibit the home team from fielding more than 11 runners in a meet. The visiting squad can run just nine...
...price a private company has to pay to build a power plant in an urban area nowadays is pretty steep. The local utility has a monopoly on power that's not easy to break. Federal and state environmental laws prohibit construction of all but the cleanest, and therefore the most expensive, projects. And nobody--especially organized residents--wants a noisy power plant as a neighbor. Just to deal with that kind of opposition the company needs big money and a lot of political influence. And Harvard has got just enough of both to drop a $56-million power plant...
Loan Board staffers are drafting a resolution to add to the agreement with Lockheed that will prohibit bribes made to secure foreign business. For its part, Lockheed has suspended all overseas payments, even ordinary sales commissions, until its directors formulate a policy proscribing bribes that will win the Loan Board's approval...