Word: taping
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...battle against red tape...
Naomi James, 29, a native of New Zealand, made the voyage in 272 days aboard the Express Crusader, accompanied by her kitten Boris and a stack of Rod Stewart tape recordings. Upon hearing about her feat, Explorer Tristan Jones, who has circumnavigated the globe three times, urged club officials to wire congratulations to James. When they refused, he huffily withdrew his application for membership and denounced the members as "bloody old fogies who've gone around the world once in a steamer...
...administered from its huge Washington headquarters, Social Security data are processed in a building outside Baltimore by the most extensive computer system in the world. Every day an average of 20,000 claims are filed; every night the complete Social Security wage file, contained on 220,000 reels of tape, is run through the computers to provide information on the claimants. Next day off go the forms that bring life-sustaining checks to the nation's aged and disabled...
...enactment of Section 361. But the University has shown it will not accept legislation without strong federal override provisions. Michael F. Brewer, director of the government section of the Office of Government and Community Affairs, explained Harvard believes uniform national standards are necessary to protect researchers from excessive red tape caused by overlapping state and federal regulations. Such regulations would allow them to conduct research in any university they want, so they would not have to choose their university based on local regulations. Brewer also said the overlapping enforcement of federal and state guidelines creates bureaucratic chaos, and wastes valuable...
...controversial NIH proposal is the issue of greater autonomy for local biohazards committees. NIH's new proposals would allow these groups to grant preliminary approval for research, allowing the researcher to begin his experiments, with a review by NIH to follow. Talbot said this provision would eliminate bureaucratic red tape and frustrating delays for scientists. Matthew S. Meselson, Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences, supported Talbot's contentions earlier this spring when he testified against a state bill that would have imposed more restrictions on research...