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But Mr. Ashcroft's directive effectively scales back that initiative in an effort to restrict the use of plea bargains and create what the Justice Department said would be more "transparency" in federal prosecutions.

The company will use new software and require proof of foreign residence in an effort to restrict betting to people over the age of 18 who are in a handful of European countries -- no small task, given the challenge of knowing who and where someone is on the Internet.

For example, the Child Online Protection Act (COPA) was passed by Congress in 1998 in an effort to restrict minors' access to adult-oriented websites.

Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn)., who was also in Omaha to speak at the rally for Mello, expressed similar sentiments, noting that opponents of the black civil rights movement sued protesters and media outlets that reported on them in an effort to restrict their speech.

In an effort to restrict French movement and trade, the British fleet actively blockaded French ports, maintaining squadrons of fast frigates and large ships of the line off every important French harbour and smaller warships off less significant anchorages to intercept any vessel that attempted to enter or leave.

We used a nuclear localized Venus fluorescent protein reporter in an effort to restrict measurement errors caused by cell size- or shape-dependent variations.

The low success rate for habeas petitioners is due to legislative changes made in 1996 in a misguided effort to restrict habeas corpus.

In the past twenty years, many ideas have been tried in the effort to restrict the growth of spending within a private insurance system, the most notable of which was the creation of H.M.O.s.

Florida lost in its effort to restrict early voting, as did Ohio.

But let's be honest: in their effort to restrict and confine our, well, fat, they leave us a little uncomfy.

17 In Greece, the effort to restrict smoking in public places through legislation has failed due to low compliance with law.