Word: redresses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...redress the problem, California Democrat Waxman last year proposed legislation that would provide financial incentives to companies undertaking or phan-drug research. Last week such bills were overwhelmingly approved by the House and the Senate. Under the provisions of the House bill, drug companies were to receive a 90% tax credit for expenses incurred in orphan-drug development, but the Senate struck this credit and substituted an appropriation of $9 million. The House measure also called for a seven-year period of exclusive marketing rights for unpatentable orphan products. It provided that in the absence of any alternative treatment, orphan...
...confiscated, their crops burned. A West Banker suspected of engaging in resistance activities, even throwing a stone at an Israeli vehicle, is liable to have his home destroyed; some 1,500 houses have been so razed. In some instances, Palestinians have appealed to the Israeli supreme court for redress, but the court refuses to overturn rulings on issues involving military security...
...only has the current Administration made little effort to redress the wage imbalance, in the eyes of many feminists it has set out to blunt the victories of the past ten years. Around the Women's Legal Defense Fund, President Reagan's popularity rating is about as high as the heels on a California rancher's boots. Among the grievances: Administration suspension of stronger affirmative-action regulations for businesses receiving Government contracts; withdrawal of wage-discrimination and sex-segregation guidelines for federal contractors; elimination of the $500 million set aside for child care in the federal budget...
...contend that "as a long run solution, [recruiting] doesn't seem very stable" The masters, through, point to scattered recruiting successes--like Leverett's increased number of athletes projected for next year--and suggest that more serious promotional efforts in the future could redress some gaps...
After learning that the rent board had embarked on its own program of encouraging landlords to conserve energy members of the tenant's union decided to take their survey results to the board. HRE officials in fact encourage members of the union to seek redress for any grievances against Harvard at the rent board or in court. So HTU Coordinator Michael Turk went to the board to present the survey findings on May 13, along with a half-dozen or so union members...