The fox hunting bill is already complicated by the fact that it allows three possible options, from a near total ban to self-regulation.

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Wing Williams believes the self-imposed ban is the right thing to do.

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"It is a self-imposed ban, " says Mohammad Ishaq Khan, a history professor.

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We were deeply troubled to learn that President Clinton has recently agreed to impose constraints on and, within a few years, to ban outright the use of even self-destructing anti-personnel landmines.

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However, Indiana in June had already self-imposed a one-year ban on communication between its basketball coaching staff and Adams, whose A-HOPE Foundation finds often make it to his own Indiana Elite AAU high school team.

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Germany lacks the republican assertiveness of France, which bars schoolgirls from wearing headscarves, and the populist self-confidence of Switzerland, which voted to ban minarets in a referendum last November.

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By contrast, conditions in Japan's defense industry remain bleak: The industry is shrinking rapidly because of decreased domestic demand, and the situation is unlikely to improve as long as Japan's self-imposed Cold War-era arms export ban remains.

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The government this month imposed a temporary ban on building on farmland, as it revives its attempt to achieve self-sufficiency in rice.

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As others have noted, the ban also reflected the fact that the government oversees its own lending scheme, the Self-Help Groups (SHGs), and that the suicides presented a great opportunity to shut down competitors.

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The report also calls for a ban of strip cells for suicidal prisoners and for more accurate record-keeping of suicide and self-harm attempts.

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When it became clear that voters, in their wisdom, were going to ban the manufacture, importation, and sale of alcohol, did he mount a political campaign to avert this self-inflicted calamity?

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