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...action the piece’s authors overlooked—one that would allow the state to avoid this dilemma altogether. Massachusetts could amend its tax laws to revoke the favored tax status of private organizations incorporated under state law that discriminate based on sexual orientation. The federal tax code already provides for the revocation of favored tax treatment of otherwise tax-exempt private schools that practice racial discrimination, even for religious reasons. The Supreme Court, in Bob Jones University v. United States (1982), upheld the constitutionality of this provision against claims that it violates the First Amendment guarantee...
...launch date of the PlayStation 3, whose price has not been announced, coincides with the anticipated introduction of Nintendo's newest home console, code-named Revolution...
...your crush from section is online and ready to chat, and generally spruce up your macking skills. For those lovelorn technological incompetents out there, here’s the breakdown—nice and simple. At the “fas%” prompt, type in the Unix code “finger,” followed by the username of your on-campus sex god to find out if they’re online and ready for some unadulterated Unix fun. If lightning strikes, and Unix says your beau has been “on since?...
...What's at issue is a controversial new law that would loosen France's labor code and allow companies to fire job-seekers under 26 within two years of hiring them, without giving cause or shelling out the restrictive severance payments usually due when an employee is laid off. Since those protections often make the country's employers wary of bringing on new hires, Villepin has made the "First Employment Contract" law the centerpiece of his effort to cut unemployment among 25-year-olds-and-less from its dismal rate of 22% - and as much as twice that much...
...tinderbox region around Kandahar in southern Afghanistan, the centuries-old code of Pashtunwali is supposed to protect peaceful visitors from harm. So when a four-man Canadian military-outreach team accompanied by Afghan army troops arrived March 4 in the village of Shinkay, 70 km north of Kandahar, to discuss construction projects with local elders, the soldiers felt comfortable removing their helmets. It was a near fatal mistake. They had barely settled down for a chat when a young man, shouting "Allahu akbar" ("God is great"), leapt to his feet and struck Canadian Forces Reserve Lieut. Trevor Greene...