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When, however, I search for “War on Terror, civilians killed” without even circumscribing the time range, I get about 850,000 results.

"But that does not mean that Greece is to blame, it is just circumscribing specific areas of responsibility," he added.

Eighteen state laws similarly circumscribing what teachers can say about race and the country’s history of race relations have taken effect over the last three years, per a tally compiled by The Washington Post.

Even in states that have enacted laws circumscribing lessons on race and gender, just 30 percent of surveyed teachers said they knew for sure that such legislation was in place.

“With every passing day, Watergate was circumscribing our freedom of action,” Kissinger, the one person unscathed by scandal, later said.