Word: reasonableness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Johnson Controls of Milwaukee instituted a strict employment policy for women working in its battery-manufacturing division. It excluded women capable of bearing children from jobs that expose workers to certain levels of lead. The reason, said the company, was medical: scientific evidence indicates that exposing a mother to lead contamination can cause serious damage to the nervous system of a fetus...
...reason the President dislikes the Democratic approach is its cost: $22 billion over the next five years, including $8 billion in direct grants to the states. Another is the conservative belief that the measure is an unwarranted government intrusion into family decision making. House minority whip Newt - Gingrich denounced the bill for being "essentially against mothers staying at home...
...Braden sees it, sports belong not only to the stars but also to the "toads" -- his fond appellation for the less gifted. "We should have 80 million tennis players and 80 million skiers," he says. One reason we do not, he believes, is bad coaching. "I've watched coaches say, 'Shut up and do it the way I tell you because I'm the coach.' I've watched coaches abuse people, hit people and even kick people. There are not enough coaches out there saying, 'Hey, it's O.K. Here, let me show you how to do it. Just hang...
Gomez Padilla had another reason for optimism. He disclosed last week that more than 4,000 police officers had left or been dismissed from the 70,000- member force this year, many because of connections with drug traffickers...
Although Detroit railed against the proposed standards, the fact is that some cars already meet or exceed part of the requirements. Reason: automakers have complied since 1983 with California's pollution laws, which are the strictest in the U.S. and will become even tighter in the 1990s, when they are to serve as models for the rest of the country. Such 1989 cars as the South Korean-built Pontiac LeMans and Japan's Nissan Maxima emit less than 0.2 gram of nitrogen oxide per mile. At the same time, Chrysler sells its California dealers a $100 pump that helps cars...