Word: prohibitively
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...that it would have mattered. Oklahoma is one of 13 states that do not prohibit executions of the mentally deficient. Still, Presson argued in last-minute appeals that prosecutors knowingly misled the clemency board when they claimed Allen was a high school graduate and briefly attended college. Prosecutors, who insist that Allen was competent and functional, said Allen herself made those claims at her murder trial. And indeed she did, inexplicably and irrationally damaging her own cause...
...commission chastised the Smith-Coleman campaign last night for postering near a computer kiosk. Election rules prohibit signs near computers since the council's voting is done online...
...tactic does not violate the group's rules, but club leaders said the strategy could damage the club by giving non-Republicans a say in the club's leadership. Several said they will try to change club rules to prohibit those techniques in the future...
While Dean of the College Harry Lewis states that he does not know the exact reason for the difference in wording, he posits that certain categories of protection are omitted from the student organization non-discrimination policy because it "would not make sense to prohibit the membership clause of a student organization from using" them. Indeed, it is particularly "obvious," according to Lewis, why the student organization policy fails to protect individuals from discrimination based on "political belief." "No one would want Harvard to discriminate in admissions or hiring on the basis of whether one were a member...
While Averell declined to comment about his platform because of election rules that prohibit campaigning before the campaign officially starts, observers agree his platform will make or break...