Word: prohibition
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...going to request that the treasurer give us a printout of the Fleet account and we would then prohibit the treasurer from writing checks for money we don’t actually have in the account,” Mahan said...
...public-safety law that gives the government broad--some say undemocratic--anti-insurgency powers. The edict stops short of the martial law Allawi had earlier hinted at, but only just. In designated areas--like Fallujah--the government will be able to restrict movement temporarily, set up checkpoints, declare curfews, prohibit public gatherings, set wiretaps and search without warrants. Suspects can be detained for as long as 180 days...
...encourage anyone to file complaints." Democratic leaders, who claim they had no role in Bell's action, also were eager to keep the conflict contained. Meanwhile, G.O.P. Representative Ray LaHood of Illinois says he will try to attach an amendment to a funding bill that would retroactively prohibit Bell or any other departing House member from filing an ethics complaint. Says LaHood: "I don't think we should be allowing members to throw a Molotov cocktail as they walk out the door...
...That is why our legal system does not allow people under 18 to vote, serve on juries or enjoy many of the other privileges and responsibilities of adults. It is also why juries are more and more unwilling to impose death sentences on juvenile offenders and why 31 states prohibit the practice. As we learn more from science and as it converges with legislation and the law, a consensus on this issue is increasingly clear. DENNIS W. ARCHER, PRESIDENT American Bar Association Chicago...
...national diving squad maintains a "don't ask, don't tell" policy on romance. "I don't approve of athletes dating because it can interfere with their concentration," says Zhong Shaozhen, Guo's coach for the past six years. "But especially with the older ones, I can't prohibit them from living their lives." Exacerbating this management challenge, China's one-child policy has produced a generation that tends to be more demanding and individualistic. "Many kids today are very spoiled," says Zhong. "They need more freedom than when I was growing up, and through the Internet they know much...