Word: bans
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Clinton's defense is that he supports the campaign-finance reform bills stalled in Congress. The legislation would limit contributions from political- action committees and ban soft money, the currently unlimited contributions to political parties used for voter registration and party-boosting activities. But Clinton has been nearly silent on the issue this year, possibly because the Democrats face a major loss of congressional seats in the fall elections. In the meantime, Clinton says he won't "disarm unilaterally" while Republicans and other enemies are still out earning money the old- fashioned way. "There's no contradiction at all," said...
...terminal. Tempers flared when priority passengers (including families of military officers) pushed to the front, while others found that their seats had been sold. The chaos at Port-au-Prince's airport reflected the rising tensions in Haiti, as the last flights left the country before a U.S.-imposed ban ban on commercial air travel went into effect at midnight...
...treat the protesters' scare-tactics as serious crimes. The majority opinion in the contentious 6-3 vote said a Florida judge did not violate anti-abortion protesters' free-speech rights when he created a 36-foot protective zone around a Melbourne, Fla., clinic. The ruling, however, threw out a ban on picketing within 100 yards of the building. "This was one time where the pro-choice and pro-life people could agree on something," says TIME legal correspondent Andrea Sachs. "Which is that the pro-choice people won." BTW: The stinging rebuke of anti-abortion forces must seem like...
...embargo's impact on health care has become an issue for U.S. groups like Pastors for Peace, which feels morally obliged to circumvent the ban by sending humanitarian aid to Cuba. Some of the aid may not reach those who need it most: there are complaints in Havana that donated medicines are being diverted to the government's dollar-only stores. As the medical scarcities multiply, discontent over the pride of the revolution is bound to increase...
...campaign the U.S. formally launched last week was about the past rather than the future. Because Pyongyang extracted the fuel rods abruptly and made it impossible for inspectors to track the reactor's previous plutonium production, Washington is asking the U.N. Security Council to begin putting on pressure by banning North Korea's arms trade, along with an end to U.N. technical and scientific assistance. If Pyongyang continues to stonewall on inspections, the U.S. will push for tougher sanctions with a full ban on trade and financial dealings. But if the North Koreans meet Washington's requirements, the U.S. will...