Word: bans
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Dukakis' rivals for the Democratic nomination, Tennessee Senator Al Gore, who first unearthed the furlough policy as a campaign issue. The fact that it was inaugurated by Dukakis' Republican predecessor is irrelevant. As Governor, Dukakis stubbornly resisted attempts to rescind furloughs for first-degree murderers until a drive to ban such leaves through a state referendum gathered steam. By then, the presidential-primary season was under...
...last year's national champions, on probation for three years and withdrew one of its 13 athletic scholarships. The reason: Kansas improperly spent some $1,200 to recruit an athlete who ended up not playing for the Jayhawks anyway. The most hurtful part of the N.C.A.A. action was its ban on postseason competition, which makes Kansas the first team to be unable to defend its title in the play-offs...
...increase their profits and their influence over smoking policies. He writes that as companies like Reynolds have merged with Nabisco, they have dictated national policies, becoming like spiders with tentacles of influence in interests as diverse as food and appliances. When any of its subsidiary companies attempt to ban smoking in their offices, the tobacco industry imposes hardships on them...
...sold legally. Firearms not on the list would be prohibited, and violators caught manufacturing or selling the weapons would be fined up to $10,000 a gun. While the law aims to eliminate only weapons with no "socially useful purpose," opponents claim that it would amount to a sweeping ban...
...addition, the law's opponents have used some of the $4 million supplied by the N.R.A. to canvass urban neighborhoods, proclaiming that cheap handguns are often the only means poor people have to defend themselves against crime. Outspent more than 12 to 1, defenders of the gun ban have countered by emphasizing its many influential backers, including the state's largest law-enforcement agencies. Governor Schaefer was so outraged by the N.R.A.'s campaign that he is starring in a TV spot on behalf of gun control. "The gun lobby is spending millions to mislead you about...