Word: decays
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...similarly dire alarms - about the need to either (a) "preserve the sanctity of marriage" or (b) "avoid enshrining discrimination into the Constitution." Though no one expects the amendment to pass, nothing can rally the Republicans' conservative base more quickly than a revived clarion call about the threat of moral decay embodied by same-sex marriages. And the base has been galvanized. In 2004, 13 states amended their constitutions to exclude gays from marrying. At least seven more will put anti-gay marriage measures on the ballot this November...
...With Mephistophelean good looks swathed in leopard-skin couture, Smith was a ready-made icon of the Underground, and an easy magnet for police and politicians. "Moral decay is spreading through our country and our society," declaimed one bluenose, brandishing a poster for Flaming Creatures - thus giving priceless free publicity to the film he meant to denounce...
...Cleef’s paintings to orange rain dresses, which have a “flared skirt for increased water shedding capacity,” according to her catalog. She said her interest in aquatic themes and human technology is rooted in her early fascination with contrasting industrial decay and swampy land. “I’m from northern New Jersey, and when you take the train from my house to New York you pass through the Meadowlands,” she said. “They’re beautiful swamps full of industrial ruin...
...businesses and dozens of public buildings went up in smoke. And 82% of respondents in a recent poll were skeptical that the government's plans would be enough to fix the problem; 86% expect future outbursts of violence. That sense of futility is what consigned the projects to slow decay in the first place. "People make the mistake of talking about a banlieue problem; it's really a problem of French society as a whole," says Marie-Louise Fort, mayor of Sens - where one-third of the town's 38,000 population lives in public housing. "The ills...
CLAIM TO FAME Rather than envision a final product, the Johannesburg-born furniture designer focuses on experimenting with materials. Frank's eco-sensitive collection is inspired by the contrast of nature and urban deterioration, corrosion and decay. "I grew up in Africa with big open spaces and came to London, where the bridges and canals are over 100 years old and the buildings are recycled, reclaimed and patched up," he says. "This city has just enhanced my desire for nature...