Word: affections
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...that affect numerous systems of the body in a positive manner. Assisting...
Does gender-based violence affect interstate commerce? Sounds like a silly question, but it?s at the heart of a rape case that just made the Supreme Court docket. During its 1999-2000 session, the Court will decide the constitutionality of provisions in the Violence Against Women Act that allow women who are attacked or raped to sue their attackers in Federal civil court. The case under consideration was brought by a Virginia Tech student who charges that two members of the football team raped her during her freshman year. So why would a case like this fall under...
...contend that the commerce clause is not a sound basis for the act, and therefore that the case against them is invalid. The court?s deliberations will be watched carefully by lawmakers, because if the commerce clause is rejected as a viable basis for anti-discrimination law, it could affect not only the Violence Against Women Act but also countless other civil rights laws. ?Every major civil rights law on the federal books was enacted under the interstate commerce clause of the Constitution,? says Sanders. ?Our anti-discrimination laws are not based on liberty or equality, but on commerce...
Strategic calculation must affect where and how America intervenes in the world. Clinton's Timor policy--pressuring Indonesia into granting entry for non-American peacekeepers for a "permissive" occupation--is wise and restrained. It is a pity, however, that the President cannot say plainly what he has done...
Although engaging in endeavors of risk may certainly be thrilling for the individual, the dangerous consequences (especially of risky sexual behavior) affect the lives of not only the risk takers but also the families, partners and friends. An underlying sense of selfishness and greed pervades many forms of risk that know no limits. CHARLES LAUTH New York City...