Word: restriction
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Washington -- The Clinton Administration has persuaded Japan to agree to a dramatic loosening of controls on Supercomputer sales to China and former Warsaw Pact nations. Since 1987, Japan and the U.S. have had a pact to restrict sales of supercomputers because of their value in nuclear-weapons programs. The policy shift could be worth $5 billion to U.S. firms...
...Civil Liberties Union of Harvard (CLUH) investigated whether the HSTO-MCI lock on student service is illegal, according to Jol A. Silversmith '94, the group's former director. Federal law allows private telephone systems to restrict subscribers to a single carrier through the late 1990s, Silversmith says...
...what a story. Fidel Castro's efforts to restrict press coverage have long made Cuba "one of the big, black holes of journalism," says McGeary. But times are changing. To her surprise, McGeary faced little interference from the government officials assigned to monitor her activities. "The authorities now seem sophisticated enough to gamble that if Americans see Cuba for themselves, they won't see the country just in black or white." Accompanied by Miami bureau chief Cathy Booth, McGeary logged hundreds of miles driving around the island. They interviewed hitchhikers, housewives, mine workers and bureaucrats. "The people were more willing...
...done. American constitutional history sends us the clear message that the purpose of the law is more important than the meaning of the law. When the congressional reactionaries realize that fact, a country which once sought to protect its citizens from harm by allowing them to arm themselves will restrict that privilege to achieve the same...
...secret location in Cairo, Palestinian and Israeli negotiators said they were confident that by their deadline, three weeks from now, they will reach an accord on the details of limited Palestinian self-rule in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank town of Jericho. Israel has agreed to restrict the presence of its troops to Jewish settlements, a long-standing Palestinian demand...