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This fee will stifle new construction. Developers are being blamed for sprawl. Local governments develop general plans, and developers, both residential and commercial, build on property based on those plans.

Nathan Magsig

Excuse me? Microsoft's history is largely about developing (or buying) and then aggressively marketing sometimes-improved variants of other people's ideas. As long as there's competition, Microsoft makes products that are just good enough or cheap enough to stifle it. Then it rests on its laurels and moves on to rework other ideas it didn't originate.

Stephen Manes

Written reports stifle creativity.

H Ross Perot

From day one I had to arrive at a point where I burst into tears, could not contain them, had to try to stifle them, and that's not easy to do. Once we were on track I needed to go only to the places of pain, remembered pain, experienced pain and the tears would come, really at will.

Tom Robinson

We see enough energy coming out of these black holes to completely stifle star formation. This is an exciting finding because it demonstrates a direct interaction between black holes and galaxy formation, which is a hot topic in astrophysics right now.

Christopher Reynolds

The GOP was the party of Joe McCarthy. . . . Now, though, it is the Democrats who . . . stifle debate and smother thought.

Bill Bennett

I further noted that given (that) the Governor's son was a subject of the alleged misdeeds, his chairing of the Board meeting would either stifle the discussions or generate bitterness between those wishing to ask the necessary questions and the Governor, and such an outcome would not be good for the institution.

Dr Kamau Thugge

Early primaries are abysmal. Governor Ehrlich believes we should encourage voter turnout, not change the rules to stifle voter turnout.

Henry Fawell

Oracle's offer seeks to enrich Oracle at the expense of PeopleSoft's stockholders, customers and employees, ... We believe that Oracle's proposed acquisition of PeopleSoft would stifle competition and limit customer choice.

Craig Conway

Small-business salaries are rising from the dead. That's good news for small business employees, but it may not be great news for the overall economy. Inflation is rearing its ugly head and may soon stifle economic growth.

Michael Alter

Regulatory or legislative solutions wholly without justification in marketplace activities would stifle, not enhance the Internet.

Walter Mccormick

They were all unsuccessful in the legislative route because of the ability of the people who oppose (the imports) to stifle them.

Andy Troszok

Sometimes when I sit own to practice and there is no one else in the room, I have to stifle an impulse to ring for the elevator man and offer him money to come in and hear me.

Arthur Rubinstein

There was an attempt to balance safety with individuality. The subcommittee feels confident that they have achieved that balance. There were some students at the meeting who had completely different styles and none were in violation of the proposal. The subcommittee recognizes fashion as an attempt to express individuality and there was no attempt to stifle that.

Troy Portser

The, already well-known, relative absence of pipeline products in late stage development continues to blur the visibility of longer term margin trends and helps stifle our enthusiasm for the shares despite the upgraded near-term guidance.

Jeremy Batstone

Most of us actually stifle enough good impulses during the course of a day to change the current of our lives.

William Moulton Marston

We need copyright protection but we must not stifle technology to get it.

Hillary Rosen

I love music passionately. And because I love it I try to free it from barren traditions that stifle it.

Claude Debussy

The problem with rising short-term bond yields is that they boost the cost of acquiring and servicing credit, and thus they stifle domestic demand.

Tony Hughes

The money helps to restore trust and faith in our system. But we don't want the pendulum to swing too far and stifle innovation.

Steve Odland

We will step up the strengthening of our nuclear deterrent force as a justified self-defense measure to counter the threat increasing daily from the U.S. strategy to isolate and stifle North Korea.

Foreign Ministry

Edith, stifle yourself!

Norman Lear

A lot of Internet businesses are based on aggregating information, ... H.R. 354 could really stifle the growth of all kinds of Internet businesses.

Jonathan Band

This underscores the problem with the RIAA, ... They don't even have to file a lawsuit; just the threat is enough to stifle research.

Robin Gross