Word: encroachment
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...strikingly unsubtle rebuke to the secretary: The Republican-controlled Senate confirmed the nation's first National Nuclear Security Administration. But that wasn't the end of Richardson's nonchalance. In a statement apparently devoid of irony, he reportedly complained that the creation of a new security position might encroach on the energy secretary's jurisdiction over the nuclear labs. Which, of course, may be exactly the point...
Most courts have agreed, blocking or strictly limiting such laws in 20 of 30 states that have them. The Bush-appointed lower- court judge who threw out Nebraska's law attached a drawing of the female pelvic anatomy to his opinion to show how the ban would encroach on common abortion methods. If the Supreme Court agrees with him, it will almost certainly throw out this law and others like it for flunking the court's test that abortion restrictions can't place an "undue burden" on a woman's right to choose...
When they were revealed, the land deal, which Harvard made secretly, created tension with neighbors, including Boston mayor Thomas M. Menino. Many were concerned about how potential Harvard development might encroach on the Allston community...