Word: conrade
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...hardy perennial has suffered another seasonal setback. Two key Democratic senators, Byron Dorgan and Kent Conrad, both of North Dakota, said on Tuesday that they would not back the pre-Memorial Day effort to pass a constitutional amendment to ban flag burning. The two said they would instead support a flag-desecration statute. The move once again puts the amendment in mortal danger, since their votes are essential to achieve the necessary two thirds majority in the Senate, reports TIME congressional correspondent John Dickerson. Last time a flag amendment came to the Senate floor in 1995, it failed to pass...
...senators' backing of a flag-desecration statute, however, is largely symbolic. Even if it passed the Senate, the Supreme Court has ruled twice in recent years that flag-desecration laws violate the First Amendment right to free speech -- thus the attempt to amend the Constitution. "Dorgan and Conrad?s decision seems largely a move to protect themselves on the patriotism front, without giving Republicans the political win they want," says Dickerson. But their decision is unlikely to sideline the issue for good -- the GOP has found it to be a rallying point among its supporters. "Republicans believe it works better...
...panelists included VIBE magazine writer/research editor Ayana Byrd, New York-based Reverend James A. Forbes Jr., Honey magazine founder Kierna Mayo, hip-hop political organization A Movement for Change founder Conrad Muhammad and Ahmir "Brother ?uestion" Thompson, co-founder of the hip-hop group The Roots...
...them tell me who called whom and who did what. And you're telling me I shouldn't be allowed to hear those people?" Others were adamant about not playing hanky-panky with the rules. "I ain't a scholar, and I ain't no constitutional lawyer," Montana conservative Conrad Burns declared. "I'm a cattle auctioneer. And the reason I'm concerned is, our forefathers put impeachment in the Constitution because they knew the aristocracy had to be accountable to the people. Equal justice under the law. If those words aren't true anymore, then I'm going back...
Charlie Croker's quest for money and power belies his desire to be a "a man in full." Images of men and masculinity pervade the novel. Physical strength and presence are a big part of Charlie's aura--he is proud of his huge frame just as Conrad (the Californian worker) is obsessed with his massive hands and arms. Croker is determined to avoid outward signs of weakness, and his pride drives him to ridiculous displays of machismo...