Word: coded
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...marriage ruling is not overturned,” they claim, “TEACHERS COULD BE REQUIRED to teach young children there is no difference between gay marriage and traditional marriage.” Prop 8 does not mention education, and the state education code makes it illegal to instruct children about marriage whose parents object. Another source of criticism comes from the perception that the California Supreme Court’s May ruling was an abuse of power and should thus be invalidated. Proponents of the proposition argue that the ballot measure “overturns the outrageous decision...
...unlikely yet natural leader, Motley is the first to admit that his fascination with the tax code approaches the “wonkish.” His deep knowledge of, and genuine excitement for, the election has helped him synthesize and extend the priorities of his predecessors. (The HRC’s executive board, once male-dominated, now enjoys a female majority.) Motley, a gracious diplomat in every social setting, also brings a much-needed sense of irony to his dealings with Harvard liberals...
Plimpton's fame and glaring idiosyncrasies (born and raised in New York City, he spoke as if he were always dashing off to a regatta) make him the perfect subject for a code-cracking biography, the kind that lays bare the man and his motivations. George, Being George does the trick, in part by borrowing the form of Plimpton's own biographies of Capote and Edie Sedgwick (Jean Stein's Edie: American Girl, which he edited). Recognizing that Plimpton's spirit would suffocate under the weight of analytic prose, editor Nelson Aldrich Jr. interviewed more than 200 verbally dexterous Plimpton...
...Journal brought to the nation's attention the existence of a vast and allegedly pernicious class of "lucky duckies" who pay no federal income tax because their incomes are in sub-$40,000 territory and they qualify for one or more of the many credits added to the tax code in recent decades...
...delve into the complex questions surrounding the art. “Warhol’s work is beyond all the traditional boundaries,” Buchloh says. “You can never tell whether his work is affirmative or subversive or critical, whether it is playing with the code of fashion and consumer culture or whether it is undermining them or intensifying them.”The current global influence of Warhol is one of the most innovative approaches to his work that will be discussed this weekend. “The spectrum of Warhol’s production...