Word: prohibitional
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...Bank has not yet been able to decide what securities it will float to finance its loans. (Bankers gossiped that this delay, arising from internal conflict over policies, was the real reason for Meyer's resignation.) The chief difficulty is that most states prohibit savings banks, insurance companies and state commercial banks from investing in them. And so far the Bank has been able to devote little time to getting the laws changed. The job won't be easy...
Final action was taken on a proposal to change the chapter's constitution to prohibit new business not on the agenda from being brought up from the floor. The motion for amendment was narrowly defeated...
Another key tenet of the Liberal's code is his adherence to the spirit of the Constitutional amendments which prohibit discrimination because of race or color. All citizens are entitled to the same rights and freedoms, to the same opportunities. And they are entitled to a governmental policy which will guarantee that the abundant resources and talent with which this nation is blessed will be used so as to bring the greatest benefits to the greatest number of Americans...
Roger S. Kuhn, Council treasurer, who wrote the leiter for the group, pointed out that regulations ordinarily prohibit granting of extensions to individual undergraduates. He asked that Perry, if he could not postpone the due-date for all men, grant extension liberally in cases of hardship...
...call attention to a significant omission from Mr. Murray's letter. He does not defend the practices which this bill would prohibit. He does not assert that it is right that unions should practice robbery or extortion by violence in commerce. He does not argue that it is right for unions to paralyze the nation or a community by pulling the switches and closing down essential utilities without notice...