Word: provisionally
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New York's approach is the most permissive of all because it has no residency requirement (though elsewhere, the provision can often be evaded). The nation's abortion capital is now New York City, where 200,000 women have had abortions performed in the past 15 months, more...
Moneymen looked forward to a rosy future. In the Radio Act of 1927, Congress merely demanded that the United States would have ultimate control over all channels, and that licenses would be granted according to the standard of "public interest, convenience, or necessity." There would be no censorship, and no...
Much of labor's bombast had been for rhetorical effect, as well as to set up a bargaining position. Under Meany's wily guidance, the war of words yielded to a major change in strategy. Although many union leaders, including Meany, originally threatened to fight the 90-day freeze, they...
Rusting Rigs. Thus the consternation of foreign oilmen at the government's enactment of the Hydrocarbons Reversion Act just over a month ago is hardly surprising. The measure requires that when the present concessions expire, beginning in 1983, improvements will revert to the state without compensation to the companies...
To justify the surtax, the U.S. has cited GATT Article 12, which allows temporary restrictions in case of severe balance of payments deficits. But the provision permits only quotas, not surtaxes. Thus, the U.S. is relying largely on a precedent set by Britain in 1964 when it posted a 15...