Word: restrictions
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Clad in neon-green stickers reading “My Dog Loves Fresh Pond,” some 50 men and women gathered before the Cambridge City Council last night, protesting a proposed measure that would restrict the number and movement of dogs in the Fresh Pond area...
...face bones to a bruised liver--have been reported to United Educators Insurance, a major insurer of colleges, but so far, schools' liability exposure has been minimal. The question usually comes down to, Did officials know that students were jumping from high places? If so, did they try to restrict access to those areas? In October, Christopher Fu, a junior at the University of Illinois, got past a tall chain-link fence before plummeting to his death from the school's TV tower. Because Fu had expressed interest in a local parkour group on Facebook.com campus police couldn't determine...
...entertainment cocktail (four objectionable TV shows, mounds of explicit lyrics-laced music, and the very occasional hour of coarse videogaming). At least, not yet. But as the stakes get higher (and really, what’s higher than the highest office in all of the land?), the fight to restrict my entertainment bliss will become that much stronger...
There have always been efforts to restrict or ban material from young eyes, but overall, today’s children have access to a range of sophisticated literature that would have seemed astonishing just a few decades ago. This is to the credit of children’s librarians, who routinely and effectively fight censorship...
...last week and the language of the resolution is still being worked out. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin said on Sunday that the new measure would set a deadline next year for withdrawal of some U.S. forces - he did not say how many. It would most likely restrict U.S. troops to training, support and counter-terror roles, though that too has to be worked out. Reid is expected to unveil the resolution on Tuesday...