Word: restrictionism
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A surprise provision in the Queen's speech urged further reform (i.e., restriction) of the House of Lords, a project which has preoccupied Churchill ever since 1910, when as a member of the Liberal government he spent his workdays castigating dukes and his weekends enjoying the hospitality of his...
Another important aspect of the curriculum is the restriction of the amount of courses offered to students. A look at the Princeton catalogue shows that there are only about half the number of courses in corresponding departments at Harvard. The basis for this policy again goes back to Wilson who...
This restriction of courses, however, is not the restriction which seems to be bothering the Princetonians. Most seem to be pretty satisfied with their academic life; the gripes and dissent come up about other prohibitions entirely.
Dr. Milton E. Lord, director of the library, at first refused to restrict the books in any way. But it was getting near election time, so members of the City Council and even Boston's Mayor, John B. Hynes, began to call for various forms of restriction. On October 4...
¶ Aramco (Arabian-American Oil Co.) employees may not keep dogs as pets. This is not a Saudi restriction; it is an Aramco ruling to appease the government of ailing, powerful Ibn Saud (Moslems consider dogs to be unclean).