Word: use
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...edict before the game assured that the Bengals would not use a quick snap to draw a penalty against Buffalo for too many players on the field. Bills Coach Marv Levy had complained about such a tactic...
...unchecked growth of the deficit has occurred because the Reagan Administration has refused to raise taxes or keep the lid on spending for non-means-tested entitlements, such as Social Security, which are geared towards immediate consumption rather than use in savings and investment. As a result, interest payments on the national debt have become the fastest growing line item in the federal budget, not defense spending...
...abundant than anyone thought a decade ago, natural gas is the cleanest hydrocarbon fuel available. But in many cases, utilities that wish to switch from coal-fired power generation to gas-fired must go through a lengthy process to obtain a federal permit. Such regulations, which inhibit the increased use of natural gas, should be eased...
When energy was expensive, Americans treated it that way. Between 1973 and 1985, when the price of oil surged, U.S. per capita energy consumption fell 12% and the average amount of goods and services generated per person rose 17%. In the past few years, however, energy use has risen as the price has declined. Americans, who own more than 135 million cars, or about one-third of the world's total, have been driving more and have resumed their love affair with large gas-guzzling cars...
...Federal Government should set national goals and standards for recycling programs but leave their implementation to state and local agencies. As an immediate first step, the President and Congress should require federal agencies to increase steadily their use of recycled paper products...