That law sharply restricted parole for first-time violent felons.

Much to their surprise, researchers have found that it does not matter whether the sharply restricted diet is composed largely of fat or of carbohydrates.

For example, he said that despite Mr. Yost's assertions, he voted for "Jenna's Law," which sharply restricted parole for first-time violent felons.

Lake County has bumped heads with Minnesota officials before, most recently over a state wetlands conservation law that sharply restricted development, and some residents believe that the state may now be trying to settle old scores.

In its later years, RJR's sponsorship became more controversial in the wake of U.S. legislation that sharply restricted avenues for tobacco advertising.

President Vladimir V. Putin vetoed legislation today that would have sharply restricted news media coverage of security operations against terrorist acts like Chechen guerrillas' 57-hour siege of a theater here last month.

That ruling rendered unconstitutional a 1968 Maryland law that sharply restricted access, but it was never technically removed from the state code.

Classified as a submachine gun, the MAC-10 became subject to stringent regulations that sharply restricted sales.

If this sharply restricted view prevails, it could substantially diminish the federal government's ability to protect Americans from unsafe work conditions, pollution, discrimination and other harms.

In March 1920, for instance, government institutions were exempted from the telephone tariff, receiving the right to use the telephone without payment, albeit for sharply restricted periods.