Word: restrictionism
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Was it an opening negotiating ploy? Soothing words intended for domestic consumption? Or the final word on the politically sensitive subject of Japan's self-imposed lid on U.S. auto imports of 1.76 million vehicles annually? Japan's unilateral promise, which is now in its third year, expires...
But the Harvard Square project poses a weight problem. With only 20-ton steel beams holding up the ceiling of the subway station beneath it. Omphalos cannot exceed 35 tons. By working back and forth from a half-size model to a hand-held quarter-size one. Hadzi hopes to...
First France's Socialist government outraged the country by decreeing this spring that vacationers could each spend no more than about $425 abroad. Thousands of French travel agents took to the streets for banner-waving protests that helped force the government to ease the restriction. Now President Francois Mitterrand...
The French slots, which cost at least 5 francs (70?) to play, have one startling and seemingly fatal limitation: they cannot pay off in money. Each carries a yellow plaque warning players that they can win only free games. The restriction, however, is roundly ignored. Winners need merely wink at...