Many scientists believe there is a set limit to lifespan because the body's organs and tissue begin to wear out at a steady rate over time.
One can argue that it is not America's job to fix the world's problems, to stop the killings in distant lands even if, as we now know, those killings involve horrific weapons banned by international agreements that set a limit to our inhumanity even in times of war.
Right after Watergate, the US set out to limit the money in politics and the influence it buys.
We agreed to set a mitigation target to limit warming to no more than 2 degrees Celsius, and importantly, to take action to meet this objective consistent with science.
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But to facilitate the extraordinary demands of war finance, Congress set a statutory debt limit up to which the Treasury could borrow as needed without further authorization.
Oil giant BP is taking legal action in the US to limit payouts by a fund set up to compensate those affected by the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Utah regulators are working on a set of plans to limit everyday emissions, including a measure to ban the sale of aerosol deodorants and hair spray that contain hydrocarbon propellants.
But I mean we did, we did have a debate at the time, I mean this went on between all the political parties and as I say following the inquiry as to whether you should set some arbitrary limit and in the end we decided not to.
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That, and a government that is not afraid to set a limit on immigration.
But the amendment would look back to calendar 2016 to set the limit.
Another Fernan bill would set a 180-day limit to trials below the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals.
If the limit is set low enough to ensnare Facebook, for instance, which earns comparatively little in France, some French firms could also be hit.
Nor is it obvious that the new system will save money: it will be up to IPSA to set the limit for rental and other claims.
East Sussex has one of the country's largest populations of mature elms after controls were set up in 1973 to limit the spread of Dutch elm disease.
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Unlike loans, credit lines are often not backed by collateral and are revolving, meaning that a company can borrow up to a set limit and free up credit by paying off existing debt.
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For years green groups have been trying to persuade the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set a limit for the amount of nitrogen and phosphorus allowed in the states whose rivers feed the Mississippi.
"To set a time limit of a few months when you consider the complexity of the issues at stake is unwise, " he told MPs in a debate on the review on 21 June 2010.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Sunday that he had taken note of the Arab League leaders' suggestions, including requests to increase the number of U.N. observers and to set a time limit for the effort.
New rules imposed by the NRC require plant operators to install or improve venting systems to limit core damage in a serious accident and set up sophisticated equipment to monitor water levels in pools of spent nuclear fuel.
Mr Reynolds said shoppers would be restricted to the time limit set for each car park and that this would be enforced.
In my dreams, I would have an app that would allow me to set a daily time limit for ALL their devices, automatically locking them out after they hit their limit, or during certain times of the day (like bed time).
This grew to be inconvenient right around World War I, so to give the federal government more flexibility, Congress decided to set an aggregate borrowing limit known as the debt ceiling, which capped the total number of bonds that could be issued.
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"The chancellor feels he has the right to limit bonuses and set conditions on pay at any bank propped up by us, by taxpayers, which broadly includes all British banks, since they've all received exceptional loans and guarantees from taxpayers over the past few months, " said BBC business editor Robert Peston.
Furthermore, Doniger inexplicably ignores the fact that the EPA is already moving forward with efforts to limit carbon pollution from stationary-sources like power plants and is set to forge ahead in the absence of Congressional cap-and-trade legislation.
In 1965, when the 70mph limit was set, few vehicles were able to maintain a faster speed.
States vary on how they set death taxes, but most limit their take to whatever is allowed as a credit by the federal government.
The Treasury says it will run out of ways to get round the limit set by the formal debt ceiling by the end of February, or perhaps early March.
Deputy PM Nick Clegg argued that five years was "going with the grain of some of the founding texts of our unwritten constitution" - referring specifically to legislation which set the maximum limit at five years.
One way to limit the damage would be to take economist David Malpass's suggestion that Japan set a ceiling on the value of the yen against the dollar, much as Switzerland has done with the Swiss franc against the euro.
Horse and rider must clear up to 35 obstacles in a set time limit.
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