Word: restrictions
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...open-ended war with the Palestinians has accelerated a disastrous shrinkage of the Israeli economy - it may be some time before he can reap the benefits. Israel's attorney general wouldn't have ordered the trial if he wasn't confident of a conviction. And while prison may restrict Barghouti to a symbolic presence in Palestinian politics, he clearly takes a long-term view - his strategy of "armed struggle" to end the occupation was partly inspired by the success of Hezbollah's 20-year guerrilla war in persuading Israel to withdraw from Lebanon. Barghouti may be betting that prison will...
This month, the neighborhood is putting finishing touches on more than a year of work on new zoning, which activists hope will revitalize the neigborhood and restrict undesired growth, particularly on the Harvard front. The zoning changes the site to a residential zone and restricts all new buildings to a maximum height of 24 feet—less than a third of what is currently permitted...
...President and Congress appear to be zealously attacking corporate abuses the way Pilgrims would a dance hall. But get past the reformist posturing, and the proposed new laws add up to half-measures. They would restrict but not eliminate conflicts of interest among accounting firms and stock analysts. With Bush's support, both houses of Congress beat back an amendment that would require companies to deduct from their earnings the cost of stock options given to executives and other employees, as if they were cash or outright grants of stock. That measure was backed by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan...
...comedies (like Adam Sandler's Mr. Deeds and Eddie Murphy's remakes of The Nutty Professor and Dr. Dolittle) as O.K. for adolescents and, implicitly, their younger sibs. Same for certain violent action films, like Steven Spielberg's Minority Report. These films are labeled PG-13, which does not restrict kids from seeing them (that, supposedly, is the job of the R rating) but does advise parents strongly cautioned about some of the content...
...comedies (like Adam Sandler's Mr. Deeds and Eddie Murphy's remakes of The Nutty Professor and Dr. Dolittle) as O.K. for adolescents and, implicitly, their younger sibs. Same for certain violent action films, like Steven Spielberg's Minority Report. These films are labeled PG-13, which does not restrict kids from seeing them (that, supposedly, is the job of the R rating) but does advise parents strongly cautioned about some of the content...