Word: restriction
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...leaders of U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf, most of whom cut their teeth on the Vietnam war, are determined to see that the press is kept out of the war this time. Of course, there are legitimate reasons to restrict some aspects of press coverage in a war zone: troop movements, targets and other sensitive information could endanger the lives of American soldiers if they were divulged indiscriminately. But no one has accused the press of exposing sensitive intelligence in Vietnam. The generals simply want to control public opinion about...
...think Brown and everybody else... will have to restrict their programs," Babbit says...
...foul-smelling algae can markedly sweeten the taste of drinking water. Perhaps most admirable of all, the zebra mussel has performed an act of public service by dramatizing the threat posed by tiny organisms that hitch rides around the world. Both the U.S. and Canada are moving to restrict the discharge of ballast water into the Great Lakes, a measure of ecological prudence that is long overdue...
...antiquated regulations have prevented U.S. banks from remaining competitive (Seidman's deep belief in the competitive system led him to join with banker Steven Skancke last August in publishing a cheerleading book, Productivity: The American Advantage). If the government could simultaneously broaden what banks are allowed to do but restrict their use of insured deposits, he says in a Seidmanian flight of metaphor, "we would have created sort of a minor miracle and ridden off in two directions at once, successfully...
...Bank of New England collapse may have ended prospects for a long-sought reform to limit federal-insurance coverage. The Administration and leading lawmakers want to restrict depositors to a total of $100,000 in federal insurance per bank; in the S&L bailout, some big customers are being repaid the full $100,000 for each of several accounts in a single institution. Yet any move to cut back this blanket coverage could lead to the type of bank panics that the FDIC sought to avert in New England. "You only exacerbate the problem of runs when you limit insurance...