Search Details

Word: provisionals (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Some Congressmen, though, would like to curb the credit-card industry. Two bills have been introduced in the Senate to set a cap on the amount of interest that can be charged to credit-card users. Under current law, cards are regulated by the legislature of the state in which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mounting Doubts About Debts | 3/31/1986 | See Source »

Until last year, students, especially athletes with practice over spring break, had to fend for themselves in finding meals. The meal program was welcome news to many students. "It's justice that there be some kind of provision for meals," said Christopher W. Crutcher '86, a member of the crew...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Winthrop House Will Offer Meal Plan To Students Staying For Spring Break | 3/14/1986 | See Source »

Under the current ordinance, only one shelter is permitted per 5000 Cambridge residents. Under the proposed ordinance, neighborhoods would be assessed in terms of number of beds rather than number of facilities. The number of beds allowed in each neighborhood would increase from four to 10 per 100 residents. A...

Author: By Racheal H. Inker, | Title: Change the Shelter Law | 3/4/1986 | See Source »

According to NCAA regulations, the top three finishers in each weight class at Easterns are invited to compete in the prestigious national event. In addition, two "wild card" wrestlers--chosen from among those who finished fourth, fifth or sixth--are invited as well, and this provision earned Wattles his berth...

Author: By Chris Georges, | Title: Wattles Earns Sole Berth in Nationals | 3/3/1986 | See Source »

As Congressmen became more independent of committee chairmen and party chieftains, they have tended to listen more to the folks back home. Predictably, however, lobbyists have skillfully found ways to manipulate so- called grass-roots support. Direct-mail outfits, armed with computer banks that are stocked with targeting groups, can...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Peddling Influence | 3/3/1986 | See Source »

Previous | 293 | 294 | 295 | 296 | 297 | 298 | 299 | 300 | 301 | 302 | 303 | 304 | 305 | 306 | 307 | 308 | 309 | 310 | 311 | 312 | 313 | Next