Word: bans
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...prevented the prosecution from displaying full-body or face-on shots. But Towle says those permitted today were damaging enough, showing the toddlers' bodies strapped securely to the seats -- "their legs and feet and the teddy bears in the back of the car." Defense attorneys, who fought to ban the photos, also attempted to control the damage done by the videotape shown Tuesday, which employed a back-seat camera to mimic what the children saw as they died. Says Towle: "There wasn't anything they could do to counter that image...
...Army; based on real-life person. As you can probably tell, this was not a Pat Robertson/Strom Thurmond production. But I should probably go down the list of no-nos anyway: implied opposition to gays in the military (and in general) stems from bigotry, ignores good reasons for keeping ban on gays in military, includes a passionate lesbian kiss. The center presented the last one as though it was a completely radical element included just to freak the audience...
...private visit by Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui, which "provoked a diplomatic crisis between the two countries that Harry Wu's detention only intensified." Sectretary of State Warren Christopher told Fischer that the latest message from China -- a demand that Washington reaffirm the Nixon policy and ban further official Taiwanese visits -- was a message of possible reconciliation...
...about to propose (although not in my official capacity, of course) a ban on smoking in Harvard Yard...
Many members of the University's Faculty ofArts and Sciences (FAS) oppose any ties to ROTC.They believe that the military's ban on gays wouldplace the University in violation of itsnon-discrimination policy if ROTC were returned tocampus...