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Some parts of the code will be off limits, which makes the system difficult to change -- a scenario we're trying to avoid.

There are no convincing arguments that it is in the best interests of the American people for anything the Fed does to be off limits.

Zetsche said that "few areas" would be off limits for a Daimler-BMW partnership, but failed to mention which areas those would be .

How do your views fit with your partner's? What behaviors are considered to be "off-limits" ? Communicate these with your partner.

"Some places like Antarctica should be off-limits to tourists, " he said.

Should anything be off limits for bloggers and tweeters, or is nothing sacred?

But a collection of some games and fashion items will be off limits unless they become a V. I. P. player, which requires cash.

Back home, tea parties clamoring for the debt-ridden government to slash spending say nothing should be off limits.

From the Roman Colosseum to the canals of Venice, nothing appears to be off limits.

Personal attacks on referees should be off limits, no matter how incompetent they are.

Investments in sensitive sectors like media would also likely be off limits.

Areas near Japan nuclear plant may be off limits for decades.

On the park's map, the course is inside the core conservation zone, which is supposed to be off-limits to human activity.

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