Word: restrictiveness
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Thanks to a handful of entrepreneurial websites, however, gamblers need not restrict themselves to dull sporting events. At betonsports.com, it’s easy to wager on terrorism, war and even natural disasters. For those not fired up by a Blazers-Nuggets game, there’s a chance to bet on which hemisphere will host the next 7.5 magnitude earthquake (odds say the Eastern) or to wager on which month this year will see the U.S. Embassy in Pakistan destroyed by nuclear weapons. (At 15,000 to 1, the odds for March 2003 are the same as the odds...
...point. When compared to the strenuous objections leveled by the scientific community against a previous attempt to limit research on national security grounds, it becomes clear that the purpose of this statement was political, pure and simple. In October, the National Academies rebuked the Bush administration for trying to restrict the publication of “sensitive” science for security reasons. Now, scientists are urging the same sorts of restrictions they rejected so strongly five months ago. Instead of arguing on principle that knowledge is morally neutral, the Journal Editors and Authors Group accepted the government?...
...should not restrict its recruiting efforts to Chinese students in the nuclear sciences. The possibility of proliferation makes even those countries without a current nuclear arsenal potential threats, and for this reason, the FBI should step up monitoring and recruiting of students from countries that have demonstrated hostility towards America. We cannot allow cultural sensitivity concerns to prevent us from keeping a close watch on students from countries where terrorists find safe harbor or where angry mobs have burned effigies of our presidents in the streets...
...makers of brand-name products. It's a microcosm of a divisive and peculiarly European debate: How low should retail prices be allowed to go? Predatory pricing - selling below cost to drive competitors out of business - is illegal everywhere, including in the U.S. But many European nations also heavily restrict or ban outright the promotions and discount prices that are standard practice in America, usually in the name of protecting consumers or competitors. Eight of the 15 E.U. members outlaw "loss leaders" - the sale of products below their cost price - a tactic designed to tempt consumers into the store...
...provider in search of the product they want, there is simply no room on the radio dial for startup or breakaway radio stations to form should an existing monopoly alienate the consumer. As such, it is entirely reasonable for the government to regulate this commodity and restrict consolidation in this industry...