Women were not explicitly barred from the competition, but no woman had ever tried to participate before.

Committee of Evidence policy explicitly bars any legal representation for the accused.

Social housing tenants, for example, are explicitly barred from starting up a business at home.

The organization also explicitly barred communists from membership as well.

At the same time Congress explicitly barred any state and local regulation that might conflict with Federal law.

In the past, the Medicare law explicitly barred payment for "routine physical checkups."

The prison rules explicitly barred Ms. Stewart from helping her client to communicate with the news media.

The policy explicitly bars counselors from accepting "any reward or remuneration" for the direct "placement" of a student at a college.

The Administration has explicitly barred Baghdad from moving its fixed-wing aircraft around Iraq.

A House ethics manual issued a month earlier explicitly barred lobbyists from covering the travel costs of lawmakers, even if they were reimbursed.