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Sensibly, provision is being made for when the energy reserves run out. Fully 30% of all royalties are deposited in a "Heritage" trust fund, which now totals $5 billion and is expected to reach as much as $34 billion by the end of the 1980s. The fund makes major loans...
The CRR has the power to judge whether a student has shown "grave disrespect for the dignity of others," and to expel him on the basis of this subjective provision; it was patently designed to punish students who opposed University policies through political demonstrations.
To prevent the inclusion of a similar "means test" with her re-draft, Graham added a provision forbidding any amendment of her revision.
In his speeches, Bush takes standard conservative positions. He wants to limit federal spending and to reduce regulations, while cutting taxes in ways to increase investment. He favors decontrol of energy prices and wants a windfall profits tax on the oil companies with a "plow-back" provision to encourage research...
> Rigid controls. Strict centralization of planning curtails flexibility and produces inefficiency. Last April East Germany set the prices that state industries will pay for raw materials in 1980; there is no provision for the government to pass on to those companies subsequent increases.