Word: bans
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When Newt Gingrich and his self-proclaimed revolutionaries took power after the 1994 elections, they passed the so-called gift ban, a deliberately draconian law that prohibits members of Congress and their staffs from accepting gifts of any value -- even a cup of coffee -- from lobbyists, journalists and contributors. Another reform: Gingrich placed six-year term limits on all committee chairmen. But in the days since Newt announced his resignation, his presumptive heir, Bob Livingston of Louisiana, has been peppered with furtive requests from fellow Republicans who want to turn back the reform clock. The total gift ban, they argue...
Lewis also spoke about his experiences as a Freedom Rider, a movement in which he and his colleagues set out to test the ban on segregated public transportation throughout the South...
...proud of ourselves in these days following the mid-term election. A little civic solemnity is most certainly appropriate as we observe another peaceful changing of the guard. But, if you consider the people of Missouri, who took the time to debate and then vote on a ban of bear wrestling, you have to wonder if King George was really so bad after...
Speaking of James Woods, how invaluable is he to a project like this? Sporting his grim been-to-hell-and-back look, Woods is filled with an inner intensity that boils out onto the screen. Clad in a leather jacket and Ray Ban sunglasses, unflinching when an entire building blows up behind him, Woods brings the necessary mix of swagger, cool bravado, fearlessness and tightly-coiled anger to the role of Jack Crow. It's a good thing, too, since the supporting cast does not add much. Thomas Ian Griffith makes for a striking, if rather dull, villain, leering savagely...
...describes the instinct toward double standards for free speech in statistical terms, pointing to poll results that despite overwhelming support for the notion of free speech, 68 percent of people 25 to 35 years old favored a ban on radio or television statements indicating that "some races of people are better than others." Perhaps some Harvard students also forget their commitment to free speech when speech is used against them...