Word: restriction
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Continuing his trend of backtracking on promises, the Bush administration reneged on a Bush campaign pledge in 1988 to ensure "no net loss" of wetlands. In order to satisfy developers in search of open land, Bush has proposed a change in definition for wetlands that would greatly restrict the amount of protected acreage. For example, scientists have determined that almost half of the Florida Everglades would no longer be "wetlands," and thus no longer protected, under Bush's new definition...
Rush's frequent attacks on feminists -- he has puckishly proposed, for example, that the issue of women in combat be resolved by forming 52 "PMS battalions" of women with the condition, led by "Sergeant Major Molly Yard" -- would seem to restrict his dating range in commie-lib Manhattan. Recently, though, he has been seeing Donna Dees, a p.r. director at CBS News. "She has her reputation to be concerned about," says Rush the male chivalrist, with no evident irony. "It's very embarrassing for a very liberal woman to go out with a conservative guy like me." Dees amiably allows...
...compelling interest" in order to limit religious liberty. That was the basis for outlawing Mormon polygyny and Pentecostal snake-handling. But in a significant 1990 decision holding that Native Americans have no constitutional right to ritual use of peyote, the Supreme Court gave government more leeway to restrict religious practices. A proposed bill to restore the "compelling interest" test has not reached the floor of Congress, but another attempt will be made next year...
...powers killed off hopes for a grand reunion with Eastern Orthodoxy. Nor do the Protestants show much interest in mergers; unruliness characterizes the Evangelicals, Charismatics and independent African churches. The Protestant liberals, only vaguely Christian any longer, harbor anger about Rome's decisive moves in the 2040s to restrict Bible criticism and halt efforts to blur the lines between Christianity and other religions...
Fraternities at Dartmouth College inaugurated their infamous "rush" period two nights ago, as administrators continue their campaign to restrict the behavior of the social clubs...