Word: conceptions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...official news agency Tass said Gorbachev advocated the "double zero" concept in written replies to questions by the Indonesian newspaper Merdeka. The agency distributed the text of the queries and Gorbachev's answers...
...Court Justice from the standpoint of intellect, temperament and training." A former Yale University law professor who was appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia by Reagan in 1981, Bork commands respect for his intellect even among those who deplore his devotion to the concept of "original intent." For decades Bork has been a chief exponent of the view that judges should render decisions in keeping with the intention of the Constitution's framers, avoiding the articulation of new rights not explicitly set out in the text. "Original intent is the only legitimate basis...
...Supreme Court attempted to address these questions in its landmark Roe v. Wade decision of 1973. The court's solution rested on the concept of viability, defined as the time the fetus is "potentially able to live outside the mother's womb albeit with artificial aid." Until that point, said the majority, a woman's decision to terminate a pregnancy was guaranteed by the privacy rights implicit in the 14th Amendment, which has been interpreted to include personal rights relating to marriage, procreation and contraception. But once viability occurs, the court ruled, a state may limit or proscribe abortion...
Another phrase in the First Amendment protects religion's "free exercise." Though the circumstances that would justify limiting that freedom are sharply contested, there is a broad understanding of the concept. There is no consensus, however, on what establishment of religion is or what it signified to the Founding Fathers. Law Professor A.E. Dick Howard of the University of Virginia says the Supreme Court has had difficulty forming "a consistent, plausible, steadfast interpretation" of establishment. More bluntly, former U.S. Solicitor General Rex Lee snaps, "The law's a mess...
...rein on budgets, which average between $50,000 and $100,000 a clip. For all their artistic aspirations, rock videos are intended mainly as promotional tools; by that measure, a low-budget clip of the band in concert may do the job just as well as a more elaborate "concept" video. Says Video Director Wayne Isham: "What's good these days is what sells product...