Word: banning
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...said. But now Guzman, 41, a sign-shop owner, is thinking of quitting the organization. While he supports the N.R.A.'s education programs, he is disturbed that in the midst of public anxiety about antigovernment violence, the N.R.A. is plowing ahead with its campaign to repeal the federal ban on assault weapons. And he takes issue with the N.R.A. fund-raising letter that called federal officials "jackbooted government thugs," the language that prompted former President Bush to quit the N.R.A. "George Bush has really opened my eyes," says Guzman. "The N.R.A. is too much to the right...
...surface, the N.R.A. would appear to be the one in trouble, with its house divided, its behavior widely condemned, its membership perceived as kooky, its legislative agenda upended by such defeats as the Brady Bill and the assault-weapons ban. But in fact the n.r.a. is making a powerful comeback, as a more militant organization. While it has increasingly alienated a majority of America's gun owners, not to mention the public at large, the N.R.A. has attracted a more radical following that is willing to give money and work vigorously toward the organization's goals...
...CUSP measure had already been perceived as a compromise. Other communities in the state have enacted tougher restrictions, including a ban in Brookline on all smoking in restaurants...
...Embassy in Moscow has lifted its Cold War ban on romance between foreign service employees and Russians. The news was delivered in a memo to embassy employees officially blessing "intimate or romantic relationships" with Russians -- so long as the Americans kiss-and-tell. Under the directive, employees must march into the embassy security office and 'fess up when a relationship with a Russian becomes intimate. Some Americans, including spies and soldiers, are excluded from the new policy. Their roles are still deemed too sensitive to risk pillow talk...
...Embassy in Moscow has lifted its Cold War ban on romance between foreign service employees and Russians. The news was delivered in a memo to embassy employees officially blessing "intimate or romantic relationships" with Russians -- so long as the Americans kiss-and-tell. Under the directive, employees must march into the embassy security office and 'fess up when a relationship with a Russian becomes intimate. Some Americans, including spies and soldiers, are excluded from the new policy. Their roles are still deemed too sensitive to risk pillow talk...