One of his earliest decisions, involved an act aimed at protection of the young.

The violence, reprehensible in itself, is also a political act aimed at depriving women of their constitutionally protected right to an abortion.

The V-chip had its beginnings in 1990, when Congress passed two acts aimed at regulating the television industry.

That act, aimed at preventing solicitations of job-holders, cut off the political parties' primary income.

Congress put a heavy tariff on imports and raw materials, an act aimed at promoting domestic manufacturing.

Almost every act aimed at influencing legislation, ballot measures or candidate races is regulated, in some way, by every state.

The army's demands, the statement said, "are an illegal act clearly aimed at the seizure of an indisputably Croatian city."

At times of hope there are always people whose extremism and radicalism lead them to commit acts aimed at undermining peace efforts.

This proposal is one of a group of legislative acts aimed at harmonising rules applying to local border traffic.

It is used for describing certain deviant acts aimed at minor social disruption.