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According to environmentalist Yablokov, the problem can be traced to the waning days of the U.S.S.R. when the parliament, seeking to circumvent the power of the central government, passed laws that gave local authorities enormous power over resources, as well as the implied right to contravene federal regulations protecting ecosystems...
Philip Morris Inc. said it would "voluntarily" remove cigarette ads on billboards in baseball, basketball, football and hockey stadiums and arenas after the Justice Department said they circumvent the 24-year-old ban on televised cigarette advertising. Justice said the Marlboro manufacturer's signs had appeared prominently in televised sports...
Maybe it was inevitable that somebody would try to circumvent U.S. gambling laws in the Wild West of cyberspace. Beginning May 15, a Bahamas-based company called Internet Casinos Inc. plans to introduce home gambling via the Internet's World Wide Web -- despite American laws barring the placing of wagers...
Many scientists say the attacks againstobjective science are difficult to counter sincethe criticisms tend to circumvent objectivityaltogether.
Gramm made it clear that the New Jersey law was exactly his idea of reform. Still, he insisted, that was beside the point; the point was that federal funds should not be used to "circumvent the will of the American people" in court. To Gramm, it seemed an eminently logical...