Word: bans
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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City Councillor Francis H. Duehay '55 proposed a ban on cigarette vending machines last month. The committee discussed last night the possibility of a "lockout device" designed to prevent minors from buying cigarettes...
...Cambridge City Council ordinance committee voted last night to postpone a final decision on a possible ban on cigarette vending machines until the City Council meets this Monday...
...other business, the committee discussed a motion to ban bicycling in the Cambridge Commons. The committee is awaiting a report from the Bicycle Commission...
...attorney for Acuff-Rose Music, the company which owns the rights to the song, argued that copyright owners should be allowed to ban such parodies of their compositions. The rap version only seeks to cash in on the enduring popularity of the 1964 hit, attorney Sidney S. Rosdeitcher said earlier this week...
...just around the corner, then just over the horizon. Ethicists called up nightmare visions of baby farming, of clones cannibalized for spare parts. Policymakers pointed to the vacuum in U.S. bioethical leadership. Critics decried the commercialization of fertility technology, and protesters took to the streets, calling for an immediate ban on human-embryo cloning. Scientists steeled themselves against a backlash they feared would obstruct a promising field of research -- and close off options to the infertile couples the original experiment had intended to serve...