Word: amendment
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...same-sex couples, even the most transparently bigoted, the court has produced a document that will be cited for generations. By comparison, the 2004 Massachusetts decision legalizing gay marriage in that state was much less ambitious. The California ruling will undoubtedly fuel the efforts of those who want to amend the U.S. and California constitutions to ban gay marriage, but for now it's enough to enjoy the court's bracingly simple money quote: "An individual's sexual orientation - like a person's race or gender - does not constitute a legitimate basis upon which to deny or withhold legal rights...
...mayor exercises considerable strategic powers over policing and emergency services, transport, planning and regeneration in the capital. In theory, he is held to account by the 25 elected members of the London Assembly, but in practice, assembly members can do little more than question the mayor and vote to amend the budgets he puts forward...
...Medvedev's four-year term expires in 2012. If Putin's party does amend the Constitution, extending presidential tenure to five or seven years, as many expect, Putin might yet have his triumphant Kremlin comeback. The question is whether Medvedev's entourage might entice their man to move beyond the playground sandbox to which Putin has relegated the presidency. In the unlikely event Medvedev elects to challenge his mentor, it will quickly become clear which end of the power spectrum is dominant...
...years, despite the fact that we have to approve of each and every one of their study cards and admissions acceptances. That being said, physics concentrators are a minority within the Harvard community, and though their contribution will be missed, we need to be able to accommodate other departments, amend the Core Curriculum, and finish construction in our Allston campus before we can focus all of our attention to providing Bunsen burners to every student who needs...
Considering Britain's changing demographic patterns, Labor faces an uphill fight to regain preeminence. Even if the party does amend its policies, salvation may lie only in a Thatcher government that turns far rightward or fails to make good its promises for a healthier economy. Labor might also simply crack under the ideological strain, with one faction breaking off and setting up a new party, just as the Social Democrats did. What is certain is that the fratricide that drained Labor of its energy and public support during the past three years is far from over...