Word: bans
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...people who watch the gun debate expect this moment to produce much in the way of gun-control legislation in Congress. The first years of the Clinton Administration, when a Democratic President made deals with a Democratic Congress, saw the passage of the Brady Bill and the assault-gun ban. After the Republican sweep of Congress in '94, the assault-weapon ban was nearly overturned. What prevails in Washington now is a standoff in which only modest measures, like the newly introduced proposal for gun safety locks, stand much chance of passage. On the state level, the most popular approach...
...attitudes toward the President's private treatment of women. They say Clinton-loving feminists, as if following the how-to-catch-a-man Rules manual, have chosen to overlook the faults of a man who has been their best provider. Ideals be damned for the President who vetoed the ban on partial-birth abortions...
...Dear Penthouse: I'm an Army sergeant stationed in South Carolina who has to sneak off the base to buy your magazine..." The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the ban on Penthouse at the PX, confirming the military's right to ban the sale of sexually explicit magazines on military bases. "The decision shows that the Court continues to give great deference to what the military calls its need to maintain good order and discipline," says TIME Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson. "The military works under a different set of rules from civilian society, and for the most part the Court...
...barman told reporters. So will the hooligans leave their murderous mark on the World Cup once again? "Hopefully, it'll be an anticlimax," says TIME correspondent Wendy Steavenson, who will be at the match. "The lesson of Toulouse" -- where England played its last game -- "is that a blanket alcohol ban helps defuse violence. There's nowhere for them to go." In the end, it may depend on another number: The police presence in Lens, which has now reached...
...countries that openly have nuclear weapons to ask others to stop developing and testing their own arms. Why is there such an outrage when some countries like the U.S. have 12,070 warheads, while others like India have only about 65 warheads? Either the nations of the world should ban nuclear testing entirely or accept the fact that other countries will also use nuclear weapons to attain power. TANVI H. CHHEDA Jericho...