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Over the course of the first quarter of this century, the American presidency has accumulated ever more power, rendering the office increasingly less constrained by either Congress or the courts.

The debt rule constrained, they argue, some necessary investment and did not prevent poor quality investment in failing projects.

In the end, Iran’s 180 ballistic missiles were fired mainly at Israeli military sites and other security installations, not civilian targets — the attack apparently constrained to avoid provoking a devastating Israeli reprisal.

And it is only allowed to be given under the supervision of specialist weight loss programmes, access to which is like many NHS services constrained.

But she realizes her influence is geographically constrained.