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• For these reasons, and others, it seems like an auction mechanism would work better, at least for the initial allocation, but perhaps there are political objections to auctions that preclude this option (though the fact that such strong political forces exist would argue for a market based allocation mechanism even though those same forces would prevent such a mechanism from being implemented). —  Economist's View
• Already on September 1, 1984, the Associated Press reported: "Secretary of State George Shultz says the Soviet Union's shooting down of a South Korean airliner one year ago … should not preclude improvement of relations." —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
• A vote on that nomination, which would preclude demolition, is expected at the May 6 meeting of the commission. —  post-gazette.com - News
• A "C" rating for shipping poor quality cotton to China presumably would preclude business with Chinese mills. —  Delta Farm Press RSS Feed
• (I'll send it to RealClimate in case they want to append it to this comment, assuming legalities don't preclude that.) —  RealClimate

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