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Paul Newlin proposed the ban to prohibit all research "that would produce a novel organism" until the "ethical and social implications" of such research have been considered...
...South African government eased its policy in the 1970s, and allowed some blacks passports. In 1972, James C. Thomson, curator of the Nieman Fellowships, said he would refuse to accept any South Africans as Niemans if the government continued to prohibit black journalists from participating...
...decision of the Civil Aeronautics Board in 1974 to reject an application by Laker Airways to fly regularly-scheduled flights from New York to London for $125 each way. The board enforces regulations that prohibit most new air routes and proposed price cuts...
...upstate New York hamlet of Hardenburgh, residents have dodged the assessor by joining a California mail-order outfit called the "Universal Life Church" and declaring their homes to be churches; they qualify for an exemption on the basis of the U.S. Constitution, which has been interpreted to prohibit the taxation of religious property...
...best-kept secret in the U.S. is that abortion is legal up to and including the ninth month of pregnancy. In 1973 the Supreme Court said that in the first three months states cannot interfere. In the second three months they may regulate, but not prohibit, abortions. In the last three months they may prohibit abortions in the interest of the baby's life. Some states, however, allow abortions through nine months...