Word: prohibitively
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...attending his last lecture before heading off to Cancun for vacation, was somehow left with the idea that Wrangham was encouraging baboon-human crossbreeding. Felix is currently being held in a small cell near the Cancun Zoo primate house as confused prosecutors attempt to figure out exactly which statutes prohibit ape-raping...
After last season’s no hitter, Crockett was so serious about the draft that he enlisted Ron Shapiro as his advisor. While NCAA rules prohibit amateur athletes from hiring an official agent, college players are allowed to retain an advisor. Crockett consulted Shapiro, a well-known agent who has counted future Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. and the Red Sox’ Trot Nixon among his clients...
...surprisingly, these hunts have their critics. A handful of states ban or restrict the practice, and a pair of bills are pending in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to prohibit the interstate sale of exotic animals for hunts. Supporters of the hunts object, arguing that exotics are bred in sufficient numbers to support the industry and that many surplus zoo animals could not survive in the wild anyway. Even to some outdoorsmen, however, canned hunts are beginning to look like no hunt at all. "I started hunting when I was 7 and didn't kill my first deer...
Although diplomatic agreements with China prohibit the U.S. government from granting visas to Taiwanese officials, Harvard’s Fairbanks Center found a way Monday to bring President of Taiwan Chen Shui-Bian to Coolidge Hall anyway—they teleconferenced...
...into understated, foot-stamping dance, which became progressively more energetic. As the night continued, he let his long dreads loose, earning rapturous applause. In Zimbabwe, Mapfumo is famous for playing “pungwes”—shows that last until the sun comes up. Cambridge regulations prohibit this, but the audience, who unequivocally demanded an encore, would have stayed for as long as he played...