Word: restrictions
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Despite the current momentum, legislation to restrict junk food has faltered at the state level. But reforms are taking off in individual districts like Los Angeles, which voted in August to ban sodas by 2004, and Philadelphia, which rejected a $43 million exclusive contract with Coca-Cola...
...solution favored by the liberal European elite has again proven just how out of touch it is with the majority of the people. Rather than restrict immigration to levels their economies can absorb and promote linguistic and cultural integration, the European Union wants to deal with racism by criminalizing “hate speech.” On Nov. 7 the Council of Europe adopted a measure that bans “acts of a racist and xenophobic nature” committed online. While not promoting speech codes, the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance issues rhetorical condemnations of xenophobia...
...Penn coach Al Bagnoli, explaining his decision to restrict his team’s access to ESPN, the New York Times, Washington Post, and other big media outlets that had converged on Philadelphia for this weekend’s game...
Despite these welcome changes, implementation of Early Action by Yale and Stanford is not perfect. Both universities have indicated that they will restrict their Early Action applicants from applying early to other institutions. Such a requirement still forces applicants to pick one school to which they want to apply early, keeping the heat on high school seniors to make such an important decision at an unnecessarily early stage...
...Community Standards have never been invoked before to restrict editorial content...