Word: curbing
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...some Europeans feel that all the laws in the world won't do much to curb Germany's real gun issue: the huge shipments of military-grade firearms, including AK-47s, a terrorist favorite, that make their way into the country each week, often smuggled in from former war zones in Balkan states. Last year, members of the German military were brought to trial and later convicted on smuggling charges, stemming from more than 10,000 counts of illegally handling explosives and 7,000 gun law violations. "Germany has strict laws, but it doesn't really matter," says Peters. "They...
...wasn’t out there to make art for the ages,” Schork says. “This really has nothing to do with creating great art, it’s really all about process with the kids. And if they want to sit on the curb for hours looking at books of Egyptian art, hey, that’s cool with...
...Baker's sense of self-importance and entitlement. In 1971, Suzuki died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 69. Before he did so, he established Baker as his sole American dharma heir, making him the uncontestable arbiter of Zen Center's fate. The honor did nothing to curb Baker's more questionable character traits. "In a time when we had very little money," one Zen Center member tells Downing, "he thought nothing of spending $20,000 on a statue that he happened to like. He loved objects ... He liked objects in the way someone else likes...
...Police Powers After fierce debate, a rare joint session of Parliament voted to pass new anti-terrorism legislation allowing for 90 days' detention without trial. Opposition parties said they feared security forces would misuse their wider powers of arrest, but the ruling BJP said the bill was necessary to curb terrorist attacks in Kashmir and elsewhere...
...Middle East if Iraq were under more benign leadership, including an end to sanctions that hurt Iraqi civilians and less incentive for Iran to counter Iraq with wmds of its own. One Labour official predicts that once Blair is through with this sales pitch, public support for action to curb Iraq's wmds will climb toward...