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legislate against |
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legislate against something to prohibit something; to pass a law against something. You can't just legislate against something. You have to explain to people why they shouldn't do it. The Congress has just legislated against insolvent banks. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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``I think that's crazy,'' Johnathon Luna, 26, a refinery welder, said of the effort to legislate against spanking. Yet, although the Liberal governments of 1868 and 1880 took up aspects of land and parliamentary reform, especially in Ireland, Mr Gladstone resolutely refused to legislate against the power of the House of Lords, however obstructive it was to other Liberal measures of reform. It is extremely hard to legislate against desperation, but it is more in keeping with the spirit to legislate opportunities. |
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