Word: coded
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...religious- liberty implications. The suit by a group called Abortion Rights Mobilization, joined by 20 other pro-choice groups and individuals, is aimed at stripping the Catholic Church of its status as a tax-exempt religious organization. The suit is based upon section 501(c)(3) of the tax code, which states that an exempt organization cannot "participate in, or intervene in . . . any political campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office...
...past ten years, the Catholic Church "has engaged in a systematic effort to support or oppose candidates according to their position on the abortion question, and the IRS has done nothing to enforce the tax code against the Catholic Church," charges ARM Lawyer Marshall Beil. Among the transgressions cited by ARM: a 1980 letter read from 410 pulpits in Boston implicitly urging congregations not to elect Barney Frank a Congressman; a 1980 editorial in a Catholic newspaper in San Antonio (headline: TO THE IRS --NUTS!!!) that praised Ronald Reagan for his antiabortion stand; and John Cardinal O'Connor's public...
...disrupted, experts say. "Most satellites are built with some safety measures," explains Karl Savatiel, director of satellite communications for AT&T. "But all satellites, including military satellites, are vulnerable if a person knows where the satellite is located, the frequency it uses for transmission and the sender's code...
...left, apparently because a case involved two competing principles that both appealed to her as a conservative. In March, for instance, weighing the demands of military authority against the exercise of religious belief, she rejected Rehnquist's majority opinion that the Air Force could enforce a dress code prohibiting religious headgear, in this case a yarmulke. Says Bruce Fein of the American Enterprise Institute: "She just wanted a little more military justification." On the same day, her close attention to procedural correctness led to another disappointment for conservatives. In a 5-to-4 decision involving the legitimacy of a voluntary...
...abused, is probably less interested in greater wealth than any of the past seven Presidents, with the exception of Jimmy Carter. So, about now, Reagan would do himself, Mike Deaver and the rest of the nation a great favor if he would state in his compelling style his own code of public ethics. That code has inspired a rare public trust so far, but it has to serve him until his last...