Word: quota
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...added, "this will be looked on as an era in which raised voices and small bills unpaid marked the beginning of the disintegration of another of mankind's great dreams." Hence, the U.S. would chip in "a sizable voluntary contribution" beyond its normal 32.51% quota, just as it had done in 1960, when Washington picked up 50% of the entire Congo check. Probable total U.S. contribution: $60 million...
JAPAN'S TEXTILE EXPORTS to the U.S. fell 11.2% last year, largely because of the Japanese voluntary quota system (to offset objections from pressed U.S. textile producers) and competition from other nations for U.S. market...
...SUGAR FARMERS lost bid to get Congress to give them a larger share of Cuba's revoked quota. Lawmakers recommended extra sugar come from Western Hemisphere nations buying U.S. produce...
Fearing the establishment of a quota system for colleges, representatives of the University met with David Wodlinger, Director of U.S. Student Programs in the Institute for International Education. Wodlinger assured the officials that no such quota was in effect and revealed that the unusually high number of rejections indicated the poor language backgrounds of many of the applicants...
...quota is then established for the smallest number of votes required for election to a particular body. Each candidate who receives the required minimum votes is declared elected, until all places are filled...