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Bus/Financial - Military / Defense / espionnage, politique | | English term or phrase: killed the provision | C'est un texte portant sur la loi sur l'espionage en 1917.
"On April 6, 1917, Congress declared war on Germany and for the next nine weeks it engaged in robust, contentious debate about the proper scope of an espionage bill. Some elements were struck from the first drafts. Originally, the White House wanted to censor the press, but Congress - reflecting fierce resistance in the newspapers - killed the provision. A provision to let the postmaster general regulate the mails remained, but was narrowed to restrict suppressible materials to those urging treason or lawbreaking that would hinder the war effort. A ban on efforts to "cause disaffection" in the military was replaced with a more closely tailored prohibition on efforts to cause insubordination, mutiny, or disloyalty (...)" |
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26 mins confidence:   a coulé la disposition
Explanation:
"Provision" in a legal contest translates as "disposition"
"Kill" in this context as in "kill a Parliamentary Bill" translates as "couler"
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