"I don't like the decision personally," she said of the temporary moratorium, "but we have to face reality."

Some other countries have placed a temporary moratorium on the practice.

Since the elections, however, the Peronists are talking of a temporary moratorium of only three or four years.

As a result, a temporary moratorium on approvals is under consideration.

When Russia imposed a temporary moratorium in 1995, many agencies shifted to Georgia.

Case law in general has supported temporary moratoriums as valid exercises of police power to protect "health, safety and welfare."

In the meantime, environmental groups have called for a temporary moratorium on large land sales.

It's time for a temporary moratorium on new or expanding factory farms until real pollution control plans are in place.

Successive governments in India decided to observe this temporary moratorium for fear of inviting international criticism.

Rhinebeck's planning officials were among the first in the valley to impose a temporary moratorium on development last year.