Word: provisionally
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Responding to Congressional pressure, the Labor Department has decided not to issue any rules onrepetitive strain injuries, the painful symptoms often attributed to workranging from chicken-plucking to word-processing. In their push to reduce government regulations, Republican lawmakers have argued againstsetting any RSI standards. Although President Clinton recently vetoed...
Council member Anthony D. Galluccio led an effort to remove the requirement that all tobacco products be kept behind cash registers in locked display cases away from customer reach. The provision was intended to curb youth smoking, according to Dempsey.
But Galluccio argued that the provision contradicted another clause requiring that free-standing tobacco displays, which hold cigarettes, be kept within view of cashiers and within 10 feet of registers.
Galluccio also argued that moving cigarettes behind the counter was primarily intended to combat shoplifting, and said youth access to cigarettes can only be solved by strong law enforcement. He successfully amended the provision mandating behind-the-counter cigarettes, angering supporters of a crackdown on juvenile smoking.
The House Commerce telecommunications subcommittee approved legislation deregulating cable television rates. The provision is part of a larger billreforming telecommunications lawsthat would allowlocal, long distance and cable companiesto get into each other's businesses. According to the Federal Communications Commission, cable customers have saved an average of $4 a month...