Word: restriction
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...other Oklahoma races, voters overwhelmingly approved a measure that will restrict U.S. representatives to three two-year terms and senators to two six-year terms...
...president and vice president of the Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA) board of directors decided last night to restrict attendance at this Thursday's cabinet meeting, when it will vote on removing one of its members...
...they meet such basic qualifications for employment as having state accreditation in their specialties and approval to practice at local hospitals. By doing so, the bill would make it illegal for existing health-care organizations, such as Kaiser Permanente, the largest nonprofit HMO (enrollment: 6.6 million people), to restrict their patients to a carefully chosen roster of physicians employed full time by the plan. Says Dr. David Lawrence, who heads Kaiser Permanente: "This is a massive Chrysler bailout for inefficient doctors. We don't take just any doctor. This strikes at the heart of what we've been doing...
...grass roots political battle over congressional-term limits may play itself out next year before the Supreme Court. The Justices agreed to hear arguments next October about whether Arkansas voters can restrict the number of years U.S. Representatives can serve. An Arkansas appeals court threw out the state constitutional amendment limiting politicians' terms in office, as have courts in Washington and Nebraska this year. Fifteen states enacted similar laws during the "vote-the-bums-out" fervor of the last half decade...
...surprising number of Americans agree. A new TIME/CNN poll shows that 80% of respondents favored economic sanctions if Pyongyang continued to restrict inspections. By 46% to 40%, they approved U.N. military action against the nuclear facilities. As tensions with North Korea began to look serious, members of Congress worried aloud about the safety of the 35,000 troops deployed in the South, along with their 11,000 dependents. They and hundreds of thousands of Koreans could die if the adversaries launch -- or blunder into -- another...