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Word: prohibitively (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fearful that a crackdown would prohibit further international competition, Navratilova defected to the U.S. It was an awesome step. For all her on-court panache and off-court sophistication, she was very young-and now she was quite alone. Navratilova probably can never return to her homeland, and Czech officials have refused to allow her parents to visit her in the West. (An appeal by her father, a factory economist, for permission to go to Wimbledon was turned down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Swedish-Czech Coronation | 7/17/1978 | See Source »

...pounds. To the uninitiated, they seem scrawny, but they're supposed to be that way. Massachusetts State Racing laws are so strict that if a dog misses his official weight by more than 1 1/4 pounds, he is not allowed to race. Rules like that, says Scott, prohibit overfeeding...

Author: By Mary G. Gotschall, | Title: Going to the Dogs | 5/22/1978 | See Source »

...Soviet side, there is great insistence that SALT II prohibit the U.S. from transferring technology-specifically, the cheap, effective cruise missile-to its European allies. U.S. officials have rejected such a proposal. At best, they say they will agree to limits on testing and deployment of the cruise for a fixed period of time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Complex and Difficult Problems | 5/1/1978 | See Source »

...public places. Emboldened by HEW Secretary Joseph Califano's celebrated campaign against the weed, the antismoking lobby is now pushing for further restrictions. In California, a broad initiative proposed by the Clean Indoor Air Committee will be on the ballot this fall. One of its aims is to prohibit smoking in all work places except private offices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Huffing over All That Puffing | 4/24/1978 | See Source »

WHRB will broadcast the meeting beginning at 3:55 p.m. unless the Faculty votes at the start of the meeting to prohibit the broadcast...

Author: By Amy B. Mcintosh, | Title: Faculty Begins to Vote Today On Core Plan and Amendments | 4/11/1978 | See Source »

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