Word: adopter
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...design everything around one person or one family or a couple of people, it's not going to work forever.' SEIF AL-ISLAM GADDAFI, son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, on the nation's plan to adopt a constitutional democracy at the end of his father's one-man rule...
...long CSU's enrollment cap lasts - and whether more universities adopt them - will depend on how quickly the economy recovers. In the meantime, public universities face tough choices. When state schools get hit with major budget shortfalls, "the only question is how the losses are distributed," says Hartle. "Nobody wins...
...which seemed to burst upon the scene all at once when Massachusetts Supreme Court made it legal, courts began slowly to recognize gay rights as far back as 1985. Several states - including California, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, and New York - already expressly forbid discrimination against gays seeking to adopt. A handful of other states, even without specific legislation, allow gay adoption...
...rights supporters scored another major victory in court Tuesday, when a state judge in Miami tossed out a statute that had for more than 30 years barred gay people in Florida from adopting children. The decision came after a week packed full of dueling expert testimony over whether any evidence supports the state's contention that children are put at risk when raised by gay parents. The answer, said Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Cindy S. Lederman, is not at all: "The Department's position is that homosexuality is immoral. Yet, homosexuals may be lawful foster parents in Florida and care...
...Benedict H. Gross, petered out when Gross left the office in 2007. Now that the College is benefiting from the leadership of Dean Evelynn M. Hammonds, we hope to see this practice reinstated. On a broader level, the entire American immigration system needs comprehensive reform. The United States should adopt a totally open immigration policy for gainfully employed recent graduates of its postsecondary institutions, especially those in the hard sciences and engineering. Doing so is not merely a matter of collecting on one’s investment; it is a question of national economic security. The current system marginalizes...