Word: circuitous
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Relaxing after a full evening of what they call "socio-politico-comic commentary (we denigrate all races, creeds, political groups and clothing styles)," Aveson and Krulick reflect on their six-year career on the Cambridge circuit. "We can get away with a lot of stuff here that just wouldn't work anywhere else because of generally limited vocabularies." Aveson says. "Quite true," adds his partner, "This is without a doubt the top of the gutter." Despite a penchant for one-liners and their unusual appearance--Aveson wears most of a tuxedo; Krulick sports dungarees, a baseball shirt...
...first U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals this week declared unconstitutional a Massachusetts law that had allowed the Holy Cross Armenian Catholic Church in Harvard Square to block Grendel's Den restaurant from obtaining a liquor license...
Writing the circuit court's 2-1 decision to strike down the law. Chief Justice Frank M. Coffin wrote Tuesday that the statute "has a primary or principal effect of advancing religion," and was hence in conflict with the First Amendment...
...statute was originally struck down earlier this year at the federal district level, only to be reaffirmed last November by the same Circuit Court of Appeals...
...Circuit Court of Appeals decision to overturn the law holds precedence over the court's April decision because the latest ruling was made "en banc," or from the full court. The process is only considered necessary. Remes said, when the court finds the error in the law "egregious enough to warrant correction before it gets to the Supreme Court...