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Massachussetts State Law, however, may constrain free discussion of the issue on campus. Since the drinking age is 21, administrators cannot advocate moderate drinking in a revamped education program, since many students are underage...

Author: By Rebecca D. O’brien, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: New Committee Will Examine Alcohol Abuse | 10/16/2003 | See Source »

...longer stalemated by the Soviet Union. They may see America's power play, let alone its triumph, in the Middle East as a greater evil than Saddam and his weapons of Armageddon. If so, the name of the game is to put the ropes back on Gulliver--to constrain and contain him. Or: "Let's all gang...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Collateral Damage | 3/3/2003 | See Source »

...Iraq has until Nov. 15 to accept the terms of the decree; U.N. weapons inspectors must resume work in Iraq by Dec. 23 at the latest, and must report back to the council 60 days later. The diplomatic wrangling may not be through, however. Allies hope the resolution will constrain U.S. action. In a joint statement issued hours after the vote, China, France and Russia reiterated their stance that military engagement is the council's call. But Washington maintains that the resolution bolsters its right to attack Iraq if and when it wants. Check out the fine print below...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The U.N. Puts Iraq on Notice | 11/18/2002 | See Source »

...University professor William Dembski argues in mathematical language that natural selection, to create life as we know it, must have received some kind of external input. But he allows that this input could be something quite abstract, embedded in the early context of evolution--perhaps in "boundary conditions" that "constrain" genetic mutation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Darwinian Struggle | 3/11/2002 | See Source »

...also not so strong an ally that it should be given an influential role in the United States’ most powerful military alliance. Even if Russia does not receive any veto power over NATO, the need to consult Russia and smooth over any active opposition will necessarily constrain the alliance’s actions...

Author: By Stephen E. Sachs, STEPHEN E. SACHS | Title: Dissent: Russia Unreliable as Military Partner | 12/13/2001 | See Source »

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