Word: standards
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...left)--including the Christian Democrats and one or more of the smaller parties (Socialist, Social Democratic, or Republican)--have shown themselves increasingly unable to cope with Italy's economic problems over the past few years. The rapid post-war industrialization of the country and the accompanying rise in the standard of living seem, in retrospect, to have peaked in 1969. Since then, the DC has been unwilling to advocate restriction and reform of government spending--a policy that would damage the interests of petty bureaucrats and multinational corporations. Nor has the party developed a coherent policy of "austerity," which might...
...told New York Mayor Abe Beame and Governor Hugh Carey something had to be done, complained to labor union officials, contractors and supply firms and came to New York City for a meeting with all concerned at the Statler Hilton (where double-room rates will be the standard...
Nonetheless, Carter's advisers do worry that inflation will speed up again as unemployment falls below 5%. To keep prices down, Carter advocates a hatful of standard Democratic remedies: some undefined programs to improve labor productivity and the abolition of Government regulatory restrictions that keep prices high, such as a present rule that forces many trucks to return from hauls empty. Finally, Carter says he will ask for standby authority to impose wage-price controls, but thinks he will "never" have to use it. Instead he proposes that the Government "effectively monitor excessive price and wage increases in specific...
...Exxon, Texaco. Mobil Oil, Standard Oil of California, Gulf Oil. Standard Oil (Ind.). Shell Oil, Atlantic Richfield, Continental Oil. Phillips Petroleum, Union Oil of California, Sun Oil, Ashland Oil, Cities Service, Amerada Hess, Getty Oil, Marathon Oil. Standard Oil (Ohio...
...explaining Ford's lapse, an Administration spokesman observed: "He [Ford] was not prepared for the question, and he gave a standard 14th Amendment answer." By that he meant that until now most discrimination cases, conditional upon some governmental action, have been decided on the 14th Amendment due process and equal protection clauses, rather than on 13th Amendment grounds. The decision in the Virginia cases, when it comes, is likely to be a landmark, since, particularly in the South, segregated private schools have burgeoned as a response to the increasing desegregation of public schools...