Word: restrictionism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Ever since presidential press conferences were put on a regular basis by Woodrow Wilson, reporters have been hampered by some form of restriction preventing them from quoting the President directly. There was good reason for the precaution. It helped protect the President from slips of the tongue that might later...
Although the main emphasis in selecting stewardesses in personal appearance and disposition, an applicant must also qualify herself by having a college degree or registered nurse certificate. Lesser qualifications are accepted as exceptions. The supreme requirement for stewardesses is that they remain single while employed, and this restriction results in...
In San Juan, Governor Luis Munoz Marin expressed profuse Latin appreciation of the generous offer-but added that the Puerto Ricans do not want independence. Under the present arrangement, Puerto Rico sends its goods tariff-free to the U.S., and exports to the U.S. (without restriction since they are U.S...
Gay explained that the club, founded in 1950, had only 12 members due to the restriction. "New, the pistol range will be open to every undergraduate at Harvard," Gay said.
A surprise provision in the Queen's speech urged further reform (i.e., restriction) of the House of Lords, a project which has preoccupied Churchill ever since 1910, when as a member of the Liberal government he spent his workdays castigating dukes and his weekends enjoying the hospitality of his...