Word: protectionism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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In many states, including Georgia, Kentucky and Rhode Island, Governors kept trucks moving by calling out the police or the National Guard for protection. In the Midwest the truckers disrupted deliveries of gas and diesel oil for stations in eight states. After independents blocked fuel storage depots in Green Bay...
Our catastrophic health insurance proposal has three key parts. First, those eligible for Medicare will be protected by expansion of their present benefits. Second, the large majority of the employed will be assured of the availability of adequate private insurance protection. Third, those who are part of the residual marketplace...
In 1974 the Environmental Protection Agency permitted a new, less dangerous form of the pesticide. Marketed commercially as Penncap-M by the Pennwalt Corp. of Philadelphia, it is contained in microscopic plastic capsules about the size of pollen grains. These effectively protect humans but gradually release the still potent pesticide...
The College Entrance Examination Board, which sponsors the S.A.T., has steadfastly tried to discredit cram schools, thus defending the S.A.T.'s objective infallibility. But the coaching schools, which also prepare students for the Law School Admissions Test (L.S.A.T.) and Graduate Record Examinations, have become more than a $10 million...
The tax-exemption question is just as sticky. Cambridge plays host not only to Harvard, but also to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a number of smaller schools--as a result 52 per cent of Cambridge land is tax-exempt. Meanwhile, Cambridge provides the universities with public services...