Word: barring
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CIVIL RIGHTS/GAY RIGHTS Supports affirmative action, but his "mend it, don't end it" policy narrows the scope of some government preference programs. Opposes the California Civil Rights Initiative (CCRI), which would bar state affirmative-action efforts. Favors federal statute barring discrimination against gays, but signed law against gay marriage...
Recently released from federal prison, where she served a 29-day sentence for disorderly conduct, Obermeyer says Ted Stevens was "directly involved" in her jailing. She entered the race in order to protest her husband's more than 20 failures to pass the Alaska bar exam, which she also believes is connected to Stevens. A member of the Anchorage school board, Obermeyer has produced a half-hour video, shown on cable access, to state her case...
Though the four-term representative has solid conservative credentials--which suits his white, agricultural constituents just fine--he broke ranks in 1993 to vote for the Clinton-backed family medical leave bill. More consistent with his conservatism, Gillmor introduced legislation to bar Congress from issuing federal mandates without financially backing them...
Scali also said that bar employees "allowed people to become intoxicated, which led to the fight...
Haynes and James J. Rafferty, the attorney for Cranston Inc., The Spaghetti Club's parent company, could not be reached for comment yesterday.CrimsonHector U. VelazquezCambridge License Commission gave a delayed sentence to The Spaghetti Club in connection with an August fight outside the bar...