Word: dominoed
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...that U.S. deployment of even the limited missile defense system currently under consideration will provoke China into substantially increasing its own missile arsenal - the proposed system may be targeted at "rogue" states, but it could effectively neutralize China's small nuclear deterrent. And Chinese expansion would spark a regional domino effect, compelling India to counter Beijing's expanded capability by increasing its own, which would naturally force Pakistan to do the same and, if anything, increase the danger of "rogue" nuclear activity. Moreover, the spy agencies warn, without an as yet elusive agreement from Moscow, deployment of the system could...
...Domino's Pizza didn't hire Prabhjot S. Kohli because the Sikh refused to cut his beard for religious reasons. This January, Domino's put an end to its no-beards policy and settled with Kohli...
...Philly Phrolics] Scrabble, Boggle and Monopoly; a demonstration by world-renowned domino toppler Bob Speca...
...vast scope of Domino's delivery empire just got a little bit bigger. After investigating charges of racial discrimination against the pizza giant's delivery force, the Justice Department issued an agreement Monday that ensures the democratic conveyance of pies. There were, according to multiple accusations leveled against Domino's, neighborhoods where deliveries could not be made; drivers were afraid to venture into areas they considered dangerous, but which residents insisted were distinguished only by their black population. In one of the most blatant cases used to inform the DOJ case against Domino's, a group of black customers called...
Monday's agreement means that local franchises may not refuse to deliver to any area unless they can prove (using police crime reports) that the locale presents a real and present danger to Domino's drivers. The compromise, which simultaneously allows Domino's to settle without admitting any wrongdoing and keeps the DOJ's civil rights agenda on track, may be seen as an imperfect solution to a messy problem. "The Justice Department did the best it could under the circumstances, " says TIME legal reporter Alain Sanders. "The DOJ wanted to acknowledge that race cannot inform a delivery schedule...