Since the 1970's, Australia has gone through an "amazing transformation" in its demeanor toward Asia, he said, starting with its abandonment of the White Australia policy, which essentially barred Asian immigration.

Following the scheme as he remembered it from that long-ago class, he repeatedly set fire to the stacks behind him, essentially barring his retreat.

The judge ruled that the village violated the act, which essentially bars fraudulent claims for Government money, with each monthly check after 1984 from a homeowner that was subsidized by the Federal Government.

The move essentially barred the administration from trying detainees in civilian courts.

A royal proclamation issued by King George III in 1763 made it illegal to procure pelts from Cherokee lands without a trading license, which essentially barred hunting west of the Appalachian range.

Education officials say that City Hall insists on tight control over the flow of information and that the mayor's office essentially bars many top administrators from speaking publicly without prior approval.

Although the local sheriff testified that the strikers had committed no acts of violence, the state district court issued a sweeping injunction which essentially barred the union from use of public roads:

Huge structural deficits essentially bar the use of fiscal stimulus to counter recessionary tendencies.

BY now, it's almost a truism: the protectionist agricultural farm policies of the big, rich nations - mainly the European Union, the United States and Japan - are essentially barring poor countries from development.

Presented by China's culture and propaganda officials as a way to preserve Chinese culture and limit foreign influence, the rules essentially bar foreign television channels like the Disney Channel.