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...addition to banning U.S. investment and bank loans, the new legislation would terminate landing rights in this country for South African aircraft and prohibit U.S. imports of South African uranium, coal, steel, textiles, military vehicles, agricultural products and food...
...students, who started this semester before the 350th celebration began, said that they did not believe the conference was meant to intimidate them or prohibit them from enrolling, but only to ensure that Upton would have a chance speak with them...
...South Africa, a decision handed down last week by the Supreme Court of Natal struck at key provisions of the nationwide state of emergency that is * now entering its fourth month. The court voided a measure empowering the police commissioner to prohibit any activity that he thought might endanger public order. It was under this provision that Pretoria announced its ban on mass funerals. Although the ruling applies only to the province of Natal, lawyers in the Transvaal are now pondering whether they could win a similar judgment, which would permit future gatherings to be held in Soweto...
...proposal, if passed, would prohibit smoking in all public places except for restaurants and certain other areas and would ban smoking in any workplace unless the employer and employees specifically agreed otherwise. Even such agreements would be governed by restrictions preventing favoritism toward smokers, such as a provision requiring that employers provide a non-smoking lounge at least as large as any lounge where smoking is permitted...
...sharpest exchanges came during debate on a proposal by Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts to prohibit use of U.S. troops in Nicaragua except in cases of declared war or prior congressional approval. Kennedy demanded to know whether Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Richard Lugar, who opposed the amendment, could personally guarantee that troops would not be sent. Lugar stated his personal opposition to deploying U.S. troops but declined to make any pledge. Asserted Lugar: "The thrust of our foreign policy is not to go to war. It is to try to bring about democracy." As the outgunned and outnumbered contras acknowledge, that...