Word: restricted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Civil Rights Commission last week entered the right-to-life fray, opposing proposed constitutional amendments to ban abortion, and three laws that restrict federal funding for it. The commission, acting under its mandate to monitor federal policies on sex discrimination, said that anti-abortion amendments would hinder the rights of women as well as the religious rights of persons who hold different views. The commission is headed by Arthur Flemming, a Methodist layman who was formerly president of the National Council of Churches. Terence Cardinal Cooke of New York, chairman of the Catholic bishops' pro-life committee, protested that...
...said congressional review of the CIA is proper, but "sensationalized public debate" would restrict American policy "while our potential enemies operate with secrecy, skill and vast resources...
...Goldman the prospects of U.S. corporations giving money to Harvard seem strong. He admires the foresight of German corporations, which he says don't restrict their money to the study of their own country, but insist that it be used to study all of Europe. He says he wishes that U.S. corporations would express the same commitment...
Finally, I thought Assistant Professor Stephen Krasner's proposal that the U.S. restrict Arab use of petro-dollars in our markets a fossilized form of jingoistic economic nationalism that sophisticated American and especially Harvard theorists in international politics had laid to rest over a generation ago. Krasner no doubt has some very pressing reasons--political and ideological--for wanting to refossilize out thinking in this crucial area of international politics. It seems a new season for opportunists, thoroughly Machiavellian, has alas already commenced. Martin Kilson Professor of Government
...restrictions could have unwanted side effects; for instance, other nations might retaliate by impeding U.S. investments abroad. In any event, a number of such laws and regulations are already in force. The safeguards vary. Some restrict the amount of stock that can be held by foreigners. Ownership of large blocks of shares, of course, does not necessarily give the shareholder control of a corporation's operations. As a result, the law more often limits the degree of management control that aliens can exert in specific industries...