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...first tournament of the spring that was not in the warm California weather,” Balmert said. “In all of our cold weather gear, it’s a totally different type of golf, but we adapted well to the new surroundings...
...says action films can't address today's most pressing international issues? Fast & Furious, the fourth episode in Universal's car-chase franchise, tells the story of professional drivers toting heroin across the border into California and corralling the villainous Mr. Big. The movie solves the auto-buying drought and the Mexican drug wars in one huge testosterone fantasy...
Competing in the prestigious Copley Cup, the varsity eight clocked in at a time of 5:53.95, which was narrowly behind first-place California (5:51.8) and second-place Washington (5:52.61). Stanford finished fourth in the race...
...power of the Iowa decision can be measured on its own terms. It did not speak with the historic sweep of the California court, perhaps because the justices there know Iowa's court is less often seen as a harbinger of legal trends than California's. And in one important aspect the decision stopped short of following California's lead. In California, Chief Justice Ronald George declared that from now on, any laws that discriminate against gays in California are presumptively unconstitutional and will be subject to "strict-scrutiny" analysis by the courts - a burden that is reserved in every...
...other ways, the Iowa decision was every bit a match for the California ruling. It took up each argument against gay marriage and dispatched them with a minimum of bombast. An exception was the vivid language employed by the court to cement its position that gays have indeed been discriminated against as a class - a traditional test for whether a group deserves the protection of heightened constitutional scrutiny. "The County does not, and could not in good faith, dispute the historical reality that gay and lesbian people as a group have long been the victim of purposeful and invidious discrimination...