Word: repeals
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Some would drop all tariffs; others would merely lower them. But most agree on certain specific barriers that should be eliminated immediately: ¶ Repeal the "Buy American" Act of 1933, which forces the Government to buy domestic goods even when foreign bids are far cheaper...
When Robert Hutchins resigned as Chancellor of the University of Chicago in 1951, his successor was expected to make some changes. But no one expected Lawrence Kimpton to repeal Hutchins' revolutionary notion that a student could earn his bachelor's degree by the end of the traditional sophomore year. Then, two months ago, the university began to do just that: for its new B.S., Philosopher Kimpton set up a four-year program just "as in other colleges" (TIME, March 23). Last week the faculty Senate Council, which controls academic policy, made the job complete. Beginning in 1954, said...
...Senators should let the tidelands bill pass, knowing that as soon as the electorate wakes up there will be votes enough to repeal it.' Even a despised 'Poonster would probably know that repeal of a bill which gives away property to a State or individual is more than slightly unconstitutional. The undersea lands will have become the property of the States and will not be subject to confiscation but the US without their consent. That's like locking the door after the ibis is stolen except that this ibis will never be given back. Eli Kaminsky '47, 4G8AS...
...Ducking red faces behind the ibis's ample beak, we recognize the unconstitutionality of repeal of the tidelands bill. However, where there are votes there is always a way, Since the states are using the money for education, federal educational grants-in-aid could be withheld from them. The court could even be asked to rule on federal taxation of the state-owned lands, seeing that intergovernmental tax immunity has been stretched in the past (cf. Graves vs. New York, 306 U.S. 466, 1939; also South Carolina vs. United States, 199 U.S. 437, 1905; etc.) All of which goes...
...grandfather Raffaello, who began a small winery in the San Joaquin Valley in 1886, built it into one of the best-known vintners in Cali fornia. During prohibition, the Petris got out of the business, and made Italian-style stogies in Tennessee, got back in again after repeal by buying three California wineries...