The budget head in Madrid, Carlos Ocaña, insists he can bend wills by refusing permission to take on extra long-term loans.

马德里预算案总部的卡洛斯认为，他可以通过拒绝提供额外的长期贷款来浇灭群众的反抗意志。

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Already, 10 local authorities have voted to adopt "nil" policies, refusing permission for any new venues.

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The project provoked controversy with 3D printing firm MakerBot pulling gun part blueprints from its website in the wake of the Sandy Hook shootings and 3D printer manufacturer Stratasys refusing permission for its machines to be used by the company.

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More worrying, from the scientists' point of view, is that new areas of bioscience may become classified, that the government is considering reviewing work prior to publication (with an option on refusing permission to publish) and that it might insist that the methods sections of some research papers are removed.

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