Word: circuitousness
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...justices’ move is the latest development in the bitter courtroom battle over the Solomon Amendment, a law initially passed by Congress in 1995 that requires schools to give military recruiters access to students as a condition for receiving federal funding. A Philadelphia-based Third Circuit panel ruled in November that the statute violated schools’ First Amendment rights...
After a Third Circuit panel voted 2-1 in favor of FAIR, Justice Department attorneys, who are handling the government’s case, appealed the ruling to the nation’s highest court...
...that kind of juxtaposition is precisely the charm of Zhongdian's cocktail circuit. With steep, cobbled lanes, wooden houses, courtyards and prayer flags fluttering in the wind, Dukezong was little more than a ramshackle residential area of 15,000 inhabitants two years ago. Now, it's being buffed and polished for the outside world, with B-52 cocktails served alongside bai jiu-the local firewater-and macchiatos almost as readily available as yak-butter tea. The bars attract a lively, mixed crowd of residents, young travelers, artists and adventurers, doubtless hoping to find their own Shangri-La. Chances are they...
...Tewes and Fuerza Latina will co-sponsor the screening of “Raising Victor Vargas,” Peter Sollet’s 2002 independent feature that debuted, to critical acclaim, on the independent film festival circuit...
...process by which students find a thesis adviser requires they go talk to faculty members and grad students and that actually helps them hone their idea,” Campbell says. “If we had a matching process, that would short-circuit that whole process...