Word: protectively
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...That was a much simpler time. Into the '60s there was a total consensus throughout most of American society about what needed to be done. Read the Kennedy inaugural. There's not much agonizing there about how far you go to protect liberty in the world: you had to go any distance and fight any foe. We had a major adversary in the Communist world. [There was] a clear feeling that [Communist expansion] was the wave of the future...
...protect doctors against astronomical malpractice awards for death or total disability-20 of which have exceeded $1 million-California's Governor Edmund Brown Jr. has backed the creation of a statewide malpractice fund that would collect fixed annual fees averaging $4,000 per doctor and use that money to pay off claims. These now average $36,000. But Brown wants something in exchange from California's doctors; he has asked them to treat more patients under the state's limited-fee Medi-Cal program,* provide free care for the poor and set up a "medical Peace Corps...
...French are still smarting over last July's arms deal in which the U.S. aced out their Mirage F-l combat plane by persuading NATO to choose the American-designed F-16 as its standard fighter. They see U.S. opposition to the Concorde as a move to protect the American aerospace industry, which despite a bad year still supplies 90% to 95% of the commercial aircraft flown outside the Soviet Union. The British take a similar point of view. In a joint statement, the French and British governments warned: "Any move by the U.S. which might be interpreted...
With an eye on the farm vote, President Ford last week proposed a major change in U.S. estate-tax rules. Purpose: to protect farm families and owners of small businesses from having to sell their properties in order to pay stiff federal inheritance taxes. Ford's plan, unveiled in a speech to the American Farm Bureau Federation in St. Louis, would apply to estates valued at $300,000 or less that consist of at least a 20% share in a farm or small business. The heir to such an estate would not have to begin paying estate taxes until...
Cass Sunstein confronted more severe problems in his match with Dave Hillman. Although he missed some practices because of law school exams, and was wearing a glove to protect a blister, Sunstein nonetheless beat Hillman...