Word: prohibitively
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Droney said, however, that he would take no action to prohibit Quincy House from showing the film...
Last week Democratic Senator James M. Abourezk of South Dakota sponsored legislation that would prohibit the CIA from "assassination, sabotage, political disruption or other meddling in a nation's internal affairs, without the approval of Congress or the knowledge of the American people." That proposal is unlikely to be enacted because most Congressmen believe that restricting the CIA would unwisely limit the President's freedom of action...
Colby himself believes that more stress on intelligence gathering will make it less likely that various situations will develop into crises; the occasions where covert action might be considered would thus be reduced. But he maintains that to prohibit the CIA from conducting any covert actions would "leave us with nothing between a diplomatic protest and sending in the Marines...
...Massachusetts legislature appeared to endorse this standard when it voted on July 18 to prohibit abortions after the 24th week of pregnancy unless the woman's life is in danger. The doctors' attorneys also appear to accept this definition and in the motions carefully refer to the involved fetuses as "alleged human bodies...
LAST WEEK's HEW briefing on the new Title IX guidelines that prohibit sex discrimination by institutions receiving federal money was an ideal situation for the Boston police to demonstrate just how progressive they are. "Why not assign one of our patrolwomen to the meeting," the officer in charge probably thought. "Hell, there will probably be mostly women at the briefing anyway...