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  • But unlike the mayor's crack-down on smoking, the city's claims about salt are drawing scrutiny from health researchers, who question whether the Bloomberg administration has exaggerated the known dangers of a salty diet.

    Sprinkle of Doubt on City's Salt Siege Jacob Gershman 2011

  • The government combined the crack-down with political concessions aimed at drawing the sting from the revolt.

    US hatches Mubarak exit strategy as Egypt death toll mounts 2011

  • The Turkish government, dealing with an unprecedented influx of political refugees from along its porous border, has taken the highly unusual step of condemning the crack-down very vocally as "unacceptable" while denouncing the "atrocities" committed by the regime against peaceful protesters.

    Felix Marquardt: Intolerable Excuses Felix Marquardt 2011

  • The only deals taking place now are those that were signed before the currency crack-down occurred, brokers say.

    Argentine Real Estate Hamstrung by Currency Controls Taos Turner 2011

  • Instead of truly trying to reform the system, like allowing residents of one state to buy insurance from an out-of-state company (why is this illegal in the first place?), tort reform, and a crack-down on Medicare fraud, we're allowing the government to simply pass the cost on to our neighbors.

    Health care overhaul clears split Senate committee 2009

  • The Turkish government, dealing with an unprecedented influx of political refugees from along its porous border, has taken the highly unusual step of condemning the crack-down very vocally as "unacceptable" while denouncing the "atrocities" committed by the regime against peaceful protesters.

    Felix Marquardt: Intolerable Excuses Felix Marquardt 2011

  • The Turkish government, dealing with an unprecedented influx of political refugees from along its porous border, has taken the highly unusual step of condemning the crack-down very vocally as "unacceptable" while denouncing the "atrocities" committed by the regime against peaceful protesters.

    Felix Marquardt: Intolerable Excuses Felix Marquardt 2011

  • I therefore disagree that Israel should impose a total crack-down, as Bernstein suggested.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Israeli Version of Ship Incident 2010

  • The Turkish government, dealing with an unprecedented influx of political refugees from along its porous border, has taken the highly unusual step of condemning the crack-down very vocally as "unacceptable" while denouncing the "atrocities" committed by the regime against peaceful protesters.

    Felix Marquardt: Intolerable Excuses Felix Marquardt 2011

  • You'd hope Lieberman would be embarrassed by the juxtaposition of his announcement with the Egyptian government's totalitarian crack-down on dissent.

    David Segal: Fight America's Internet 'Kill Switch' David Segal 2011

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