Word: restrictiveness
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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Even though the terms of an earlier agreement between the U.S. and Chilean governments required the Department of Justice to restrict the admission of such evidence, a trial might nevertheless have revealed that Letelier's assassination fit into a larger pattern of regime-sponsored attacks against leading exile figures exporting terror. It might have revealed that in September 1974 the Chilean secret policy struck against Gen. Carlos Prats, the leading constitutionalist military figure in exile. Gen. Prats' appeal within the Chilean military cannot be gauged. However, constitutionalism had worried the junta enough for it to stage anti-constitutionalist show trials...
...UNIVERSITY'S decision to erect seven expensive kiosks in the Yard and to prohibit posters on walls is ostensibly a measure to keep the Yard beautiful, but in reality serves to restrict communication among students. It is especially crippling to new and unorthodox groups that must rely heavily on posters to publicize their positions and activities...
...offer a clear third choice. The fact that they may not be popular did not deter him. His 50?-per-gal. gas tax, which would be used to cut Social Security taxes, did not endear him to the nation's automobile owners, but would force the U.S. to restrict its driving and hence its dependence on Middle Eastern oil-a goal that seemed especially worthy last week as the war in the gulf continued. Anderson's opposition to the mobile MX missile and to income tax cuts ran against election-year sentiment, as did his backing of Carter...
Despite the Administration's concern about the hostages, worries about their welfare will not shape or restrict Carter's actions. Says one analyst: "The hostages matter, but the geopolitical strategy and the interest of the West and the U.S. are more significant...
...matter. For the first time, French authorities have begun to crack down on the practice. In the past 15 months, two writers have been arrested and charged with using secret foreign contacts to jeopardize national security. Other French journalists are wondering whether the campaign against disinformation is beginning to restrict the free flow of information...