Word: banned
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...World Series, new villain JIM GRAY burst out of the bull pen. Rose was on hand for his induction into baseball's All Century Team. It was meant to be a happy event. But in a postceremony interview, NBC reporter Gray peppered Rose with questions about his lifetime ban from the sport. Bad call. Angry fans flooded NBC with complaints, and following Game Three, Yankee Chad Curtis snubbed Gray on-air after hitting the game-winning home run. By Game Four, Yankee management had intervened to call a truce. You know you're in trouble when you need George Steinbrenner...
...disappointed that the U.S. Senate rejected the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty [NATION, Oct. 25]. Now that the Senate has sent rogue countries a signal that the world's leading nation doesn't mind if they test a nuke or two, the world of the 21st century is sure to be full of nations with nuclear arms. Is that what America wants? I have always looked up to the U.S. because it demonstrates the meaning of democracy, justice, equality and vision. Pax Americana is welcome because the U.S. has been reliable. But recently the U.S. hasn't been leading other...
...Senate's chance to approve the nuclear test-ban treaty--already ratified by 26 nations--was a test of the "leadership" the U.S. likes to talk about. The nation failed that test miserably and damaged its credibility around the world. But what the heck. Congressional Republicans can also be proud of the U.S.'s not paying its U.N. bills, of foisting the Ken Starr fiasco upon the nation and of resisting gun-control measures so that those N.R.A. contributions can keep coming in. Tells you something about their agenda, doesn't it? JURIS MAZUTIS Nepean...
Over 30 states have passed some sort of ban on partial-birth abortions, but 20 of them have been blocked or restricted in enforcing the ban by the courts. Just a day after the Senate failed to override the President's veto of the partial-birth abortion bill, a federal appeals court upheld Illinois and Wisconsin bans of the procedure, virtually ensuring that the issue will go to the Supreme Court...
...unlucky proprietor of the annoyingly ancient "Blue Laws," Massachusetts has yet to repeal these laws responsible for early Sunday closings, the ban on alcohol sales after 10:45 p.m., the closing of liquor stores on Sundays and the closing of bars...