Nomura Securities International Inc. was fined $1 million yesterday by the New York Stock Exchange, the third-largest sanction ever levied by the exchange, for rule violations involving Mexican bond trading.

The Megarian Decree was a set of economic sanctions levied upon Megara c. 432 BC by the Athenian Empire shortly before the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War.

Meanwhile, sanctions levied by the Western Powers significantly curtailed Iranian oil exports, leading to an economic crisis.

William S. Slattery, director of the New York district of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, said he was uncertain whether the sanctions levied by his office under the 1986 law drove illegal immigrants onto the street corners.

The 2012 Ohio State squad, for whom Boren was a captain, would have been eligible for a Bowl Championship Series (BCS) Bowl, possibly even the national championship, but due to sanctions levied against them by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) were not bowl-eligible.

But officials said the new strategy should let the opposition put more pressure on Mr. Milosevic, because an early election could remove the oil embargo, air-travel ban and other sanctions levied by Washington.

However, because of ongoing sanctions levied by the United Nations, it is blocked from admission as a new member.

The University of Maryland has filed a letter of appeal with the National Collegiate Athletic Association, requesting that the appeal of sanctions levied against its men's basketball program be heard in April rather than in August.

Gen. Barry R. McCaffrey, the White House drug coordinator, said the Administration is now contemplating a qualified endorsement that would stop short of the economic sanctions levied against uncooperative countries but would be a sharp diplomatic slap at Mexico.

On June 7, 2011, Mike Hamilton resigned from his position as the Athletic Director at the University of Tennessee following months of pressure stemming from sanctions levied against the Tennessee basketball program and numerous head coaching changes in the school's major sports.