Word: prohibition
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...largely unwarranted wave of fear about genetic engineering, one that was also at full flood nine years ago. "There are parallels between now and then," Jaroff says. "In the 1970s, even though the scientists themselves had set up some very strict guidelines, some people wanted to prohibit all gene-splicing research because of the remote chance that a Frankenstein germ might emerge from the laboratory. Now there are efforts to block tests of agricultural products in the open air for the same reason. The threat in 1977 turned out to be nonexistent, and the chances are that with caution...
...three U.S. agencies that regulate banks--the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation--said last week that they plan to ask Congress to relax laws that prohibit interstate banking. Reason: the regulators have begun preparing contingency rescue plans in which several big-city banks would stand ready to take over faltering institutions in the oil patch...
Where Oregon officials are concerned, half a loaf is worse than none at all. State law specifies that no commercially sold bread may weigh less than 15 oz. That would prohibit the popular baguette, the lean French bread that weighs in at a stylish 8 oz. Crusty authorities cracked down on baguettes in January, getting a rise out of Oregonians who love the bread's light, crispy texture. The 1939 bread law was written to protect consumers against "balloon bread" that had more air than dough. But doubling the weight of the 2-ft.-long baguette would mean doubling...
There is no inalienable right to smoke cigarettes. Governments routinely prohibit certain behaviors, simply because they are self-injurious. Yet lurking behind the tobacco industry's defense--that people should make a "free and informed choice"--is the notion that cigarette smoking is a right...
...public already forbidden, the city outlawed sleeping outdoors after dark; a ban against drinking in public followed in 1983. A police task force set up to combat street crime has racked up 1,255 arrests for sleeping and camping violations in the past two years. While attempts to prohibit the eating of garbage have failed, some grocers deter hungry vagrants by sprinkling bleach on discarded food. Santa Barbara County election officials had been denying voting rights to people who did not have an address; three months ago, a state appeals court struck down the practice...