Word: code
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...American Bar Association threatened to deny the school its coveted accreditation, a condition for admission to the bar in many states. Reason: the requirements seemed to violate A.B.A. standards forbidding religious discrimination in admissions. But in Chicago last week, U.S. District Court Judge James Moran suggested that the A.B.A. code itself might be unconstitutional. Said Moran: "I have very serious doubts whether a compelling state interest in a diverse student body overbears the free exercise of religious rights of the First Amendment." The A.B.A. then hastened to put the finishing touches on a liberalized version of its standard, which would...
...Hopper's "Nighthawks,"--the one standing just around the corner and made famous in so many noir films with his crumpled hat and his cigarette--was most likely a Pinkerton man. What made them different, and hence what made Hammett's characters different, was that the Pinkertons had a code...
...Pinkerton code, as filtered through such greats as Sam Spade, consisted of three parts--anonvmity, morality and objectivity. None of them were quite what they seemed. A good detective had to be anonymous, but not only so he wouldn't be seen--the less personal information there was, the less anyone could hold against him. A Pinkerton operative, or "Op" as he was known, was identified by number, and his final report to his client was ofter rewritten by someone else entirely. Morality was similarly skewed. In simple terms, his job was to protect good people from bad people...
...chaplain, went before his congregation one Sunday and announced from the altar: "All right, if you won't adopt, then I will." Though the Catholic archdiocese was cool to the proposed addition to Clements' flock, it eventually admitted that there was nothing in the church's code of canon law to prevent adoption. Says Joey, happy to move from the orphanage to the rectory, "I'm less independent now, and I think I like that...
...getting a taste of the Southern California Mystique. See a couple of movie stars or something, maybe run into Charies Bronson or Lee Remick. Well, I didn't see any movie stars, but I did see a hell of a lot of people who thought they were. The dress code in California is Show-What-You-Got, even if you don't got it. You see a lot of overweight, middle-aged women spilling out of scanty fashion wear designed for Farrah Fawcett...