Word: prohibition
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Fugu chefs pass strict examinations before they are licensed to practice their risky art, but no Japanese politician would dare prohibit fugu, or even its dangerous entrails. Many of them, including Premier Eisaku Sato, are passionate fugu lovers...
...LABOR: While the President asked for repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act's Section 14-B, which allows states to have right-to-work laws that prohibit compulsory union shops, any real presidential pressure to force this measure through Congress would almost certainly create an uproar. It might harden the conservative-liberal schisms in both houses to the point where Johnson could lose valuable support on other more important bills. Though repeal of the clause was demanded in the 1960 and 1964 Democratic platforms, there seems little likelihood the President will risk a fight for it now. Says Mansfield...
...Until recently," the source said, "we didn't know whether the proposition was workable or not, but now it has been found that administrative problems do not prohibit our trying...
...president of the HYRC, gave the concluding speech for the pro-Goldwater forces and emphasized two points that had been made all evening: that the HYRC was a Republican Club and had an obligation to endorse the ticket of the national party; that the club's endorsement did not prohibit any of its members from openly opposing the Arizona Senator...
Earlier in the day, the businessmen, who work in Kendall Square and will be forced to move, had obtained a restraining order to prohibit the Council from requesting the funds. On appeal by the City, however, the restraining order was "dissolved" because no direct "hardship" is involved in the early planning stage...