Word: outlaw
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...agency has been dillydallying on this issue for years. As long ago as 1982, the FDA began drafting regulations to cover over-the-counter weight-loss products, and those proposals may at last be finalized before the end of the year. The new rules are expected to outlaw more than 100 diet- product ingredients on the market, including methyl cellulose and other bulking agents that supposedly "swell" in the consumer's stomach and curb appetite...
...million children "at risk" and in need of counseling thanks to the "graphic brutality marketed to these kids through music and television." Lawmakers in 19 states went further; they considered proposing warning labels for any song dealing with such topics as drugs, incest, murder and suicide, which would conceivably outlaw depraved works like I Get a Kick Out of You, Die Walkure, Frankie and Johnny and Tosca. The music industry quickly forestalled such legislation by decreeing that record companies will decide which material is controversial and alert consumers with a label that reads PARENTAL ADVISORY: EXPLICIT LYRICS...
While X-rated videos have become popular among many Americans, public tolerance for sexual materials rarely extends to the viewing of child pornography. The latter is a much more furtive activity. Until last week, however, it was unclear whether the Constitution permitted a state to outlaw at-home possession of child pornography. In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court answered that question by upholding a tough Ohio law that makes personal possession of child pornography a crime. Writing for the majority, Justice White said that Ohio legitimately sought to "destroy a market for the exploitative use of children...
...goggles, a 3- D videocassette and a plug-in adapter that permits 3-D movies from the past to be shown on today's VCRs. "Interest in 3-D has never been greater," says 3-D TV founder Michael Starks, whose offerings include Cat Women of the Moon (1953), Outlaw Territory (1953) and The Stewardesses (1969), a lame R-rated adult film that is reputed to be the biggest-grossing 3-D movie of all time...
...from a low point of 149,000 in the long-haired '70s; sororities have shown a similar resurgence. Even at Yale, fraternities, once moribund, resurfaced soon after Connecticut raised the drinking age to 21. Sororities have come back to Stanford after a 40-year hiatus. Harvard continues to outlaw fraternities, as it has since the turn of the century, but students have banded together unofficially in at least three such groups...