Word: asylum
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...Alito considered the case of an Iranian woman who was seeking political asylum, saying she would be persecuted because of her feminist views in the conservative, theocratic Muslim country. Says Demleitner: "He struggled with the case. I think he had incredible compassion for [the woman]. He didn't want to see her deported back to Iran and he had no patience with the Immigration Services, which bungled the case." Alito wrote a widely cited opinion affirming that feminist opinions do constitute political statements and therefore women should be entitled to asylum if they fear persecution based on such beliefs...
...were asked to suggest a dramatic "Clause Four" moment, recalling the big boost Labour received in 1995 when Tony Blair arm-twisted his party into renouncing its historic commitment to public ownership of the commanding heights of the economy. Among the suggestions: Should the party offer a welcome to asylum seekers instead of shunning them? Should top Tories pledge not to send their children to private schools? A more mainstream notion was to shift the party's focus to the problems of the poor, hoping to attract young people whose penchant for issue-oriented wristbands was cited as proof that...
...Claudel, who became increasingly paranoid, produced no new work after 1913, when her family had her committed to a mental hospital. The following year she was transferred to another asylum, where she remained until her death almost three decades later. Rodin would die in 1917, one year after the faithful Beuret, whom he had finally married just weeks before her death. Toward the end he was also still secretly sending money to ensure Claudel's comfort at the asylum. If it wasn't an ideal romance, it was in its way an enduring one, and it left some lasting treasures...
They change teams for the money and strike for more money. They don't care about you, but you care about them. When that happens in real life and goes on for decades unrequited, people get committed. I don't mean relationship committed. I mean asylum committed. It makes no sense. And I was cured. Bill Buckner cured me 19 years ago. Or so I thought...
...conspicuous mourning that drew the opposite of public sympathy, particularly when she tried to raise money by selling off her fanciest clothes at auction. When Robert, the only one of her four sons whom she hadn't had to bury before his time, committed his aging mother to an asylum while taking control of her assets and affairs, Mary's humiliation was complete...