Word: restrictionism
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Tradition has it that, to quell the restlessness of his troops when they were not tossing spears, the Greek warrior Palamedes taught them to toss dice. The ivories have been chattering ever since. And so have the opponents of gambling. Attitudes toward gambling have followed a cycle of restriction and...
Our counsel, Thomas Greer, appeared before the House Committee on Agriculture in June 1965, when the farm bill was being drafted, and asked that "any farmer who wishes to grow Acala 4-42 without acreage limitation be permitted to do so, provided that prior to the advent of the growing...
A.T. & T. maintained a calm attitude about the edict, but warned that "if allowed to stand for the long pull, this restriction on our earnings prospects would inevitably slow down our efforts to provide more and better communications service to the public." Left unsaid was whether the company planned to...
In addition to dispensing with this restriction, Congress and the President should seriously consider sanctioning by law conscientious objection to particular wars. The arguments against such particular objections, like those raised last Sunday by University Preacher Charles Price, are not convincing. Price contended that there is no "principle" involved in...
His position on parietals unfortunately fails to distinguish between the overall philosophy of parietal restriction and the details of that issue. There is a big difference between "major changes" and major changes. The Masters and Deans made an adjustment in the fall and are now using that as an excuse...