Word: prohibition
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...slogan for Smirnoff might be an attractive come-on: "So superior you can taste it." But the $10 million campaign has not gone down so smoothly with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Last week the agency said the slogan does not conform to rules that prohibit distillers from claiming special qualities for spirits they sell as vodka. The agency defines vodka as "without distinctive character, aroma, taste or color...
...annual migratory path of the Porcupine caribou herd. Prompted by fears that proposed oil development on the coastal plain would interfere with caribou migration and calving, the Gwich'in nation last June convened its first gathering in many generations, and passed a tribal resolution calling upon the Government to prohibit oil exploration or development in the refuge. Says Abel Tritt, a Gwich'in elder: "We don't worry about ourselves but about the herds, and the animals that depend on the herds. If the herd goes, they go, and then...
...court does overturn Roe, it will probably not ban abortions entirely, but give discretion to the states, some of which will prohibit abortion. Idaho already has a law on the books requiring the governor to ban abortions if the Supreme Court overturns Roe. Most states will place some restrictions on abortions without prohibiting them entirely, while a few will maintain the legal status...
Advocates typically secure temporary, five-day restraining orders for women which prohibit their husbands from approaching them. Year-long orders can be obtained following that period...
...Congress "prohibit the president and his subordinates from exercising the president's authority to engage in diplomacy or to exercise covert influence in the realm of external affairs," the department said...