Word: restrictiveness
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...April 19, 1999, the U.S. Trade Representative imposed the punitive tariffs on nine types of European goods. To be sure, trade experts outside the European Union generally agree that the restrictive banana policies do violate free-trade rules. Indeed, four global trade panels have reached that conclusion over the years. But restrictive trade policies are hardly peculiar to Europe. The U.S. has its own, notably those that restrict the free access of sugar and peanuts to the American market...
...really one of them. Says South Carolina Citizens for Life executive director Holly Gatling: "We urge pro-life people to vote for any candidate in the Republican primary except John McCain." Part of what's fueling the activists' ire is McCain's call to ban soft money and restrict third-party "issue" ads. They see it as a major threat to their clout...
...trying to protect mountaintop telescopes from the encroaching glare of urban sprawl, is fast becoming a national concern. Legislation to "bag the beam," as one campaign refers to it, is pending in four states, including New York and Massachusetts. Last summer Texas and New Mexico enacted tough laws to restrict outdoor lights, and just last week officials in Fauquier County, Va., joining hundreds of regional enforcement efforts, voted unanimously in favor of similar restrictions. Even Inuits living 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle have reportedly begun to complain about the lights...
...challenge is maintaining security without preventing access, Steen explained. Harvard does not have a 'firewall' protecting its system, a technology that would restrict any computers outside of the system, because this would harm the usefulness of the system. Most universities do not use firewalls for the same reason--to maximize access and usefulness...