Word: contently
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...recognizing that gay marriage is a fundamental right, we can only hope that individual states will employ the most expedient means to legalize same-sex marriages. That New Jersey is making progress is certainly admirable, but that it forfeited the opportunity to solidify complete legal equality in name and content through legislative action is unfortunate...
...duty of the courts to uphold those rights when a legislature fails to. While we are unequivocally glad that the New Jersey Court unanimously agreed on the equality of rights, we cannot help but lament its refusal to make same-sex marriage equal in both name and content. Its decision to defer to the legislature on the question of nomenclature threatens to undermine the minority whom it is the judiciary’s obligation to protect. This decision is especially unfortunate as there have already been indications from the New Jersey Senate and Assembly that the legislature will settle...
...giant musical spectacle is in eclipse. The real news on Broadway over the past few seasons has been the success of smaller, edgier musicals: shows like Urinetown, Avenue Q and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. A decade ago, these musicals would have been content to settle for a small but enthusiastic coterie of off-Broadway fans. Now they're moving to Broadway, having long runs and stealing Tonys away from the big boys...
...neat French farms was harder than on the barren cliffs of Anzac Cove. "You almost think, This couldn't be a killing ground, it's too pretty," says Carlyon, 64. A journalist of the old school, he believes in seeing what you write about. With history, he must be content to recreate things, like a detective at a crime scene. "You try to redraw the landscape," he writes. "You try to draw in trench lines ... and khaki bundles hung up on barbed wire." Near Ypres, he watched archaeologists probe the spot where a man's bones had been found. They...
Marra added that The Crimson’s editorial board will be instituting training seminars for cartoonists and columnists, “not all of whom have gone through The Crimson’s rigorous content comp process.” Editors will continue to be “on alert for potential plagiarism,” Marra wrote...