Word: edicts
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...Haan said. This year’s increased involvement by Harvard College comes as Yale tightens the reins on the weekend’s revelry. Last week, Yale announced that on-campus parties with more than 20 students will be prohibited the night before The Game by edict of the Yale Council of Masters. The masters cited concerns about property damage as the reason for the new measures. Additionally, Yale announced that new tailgate rules will be in effect for this year’s game day, ending the tailgates at the end of halftime and banning drinking games...
...victims were boys--the church seemed poised to carry out a blanket ban on admitting homosexuals, even celibate gays, to its seminaries. Italian newspapers, however, are now reporting that Pope Benedict XVI had signed a somewhat less extreme "instruction." (See accompanying story.) But while awaiting that edict, the psychologists like Plante, who (among other things) help determine whether prospective seminarians are gay, have been drawn into a debate about that particular aspect of their job. Predominantly Catholic but not necessarily ordained, most of these psychologists are quite comfortable with the notion of celibate gay priests. And most are quick...
...branded a traitor and the leader of a conspiracy to demonize her own country - a group of legislators even called for a national referendum to stop her from working in Serbia, while others wanted her locked up in a mental hospital. A scheduled TV appearance in Kikinda drew an edict from the mayor barring her from entering the provincial town, and when she ignored that she was kept off the air by a mysterious power failure in the town that lasted until she left...
...with prices at the pump dipping below 700 per gal., the economic incentive for a 55-m.p.h. limit is fading. In the West, state governments are joining individual drivers in rebelling against Washington's go-slow edict. Arizona, South Dakota and Nebraska have reduced fines for exceeding the speed limit to as little as $10. Those states, as well as North Dakota, Minnesota and Nevada, have passed laws eliminating penalty points for some speeding infractions. California has discussed raising the speed limit to 65 m.p.h. on highways in less populated areas...
...entertainment side, the new economy kick is taking many forms. Actors and other on-air talent for such ABC-produced daytime shows as Good Morning America and the afternoon soaps will, according to a recent company edict, be limited to 5% salary increases, except in special cases. Producers are also feeling the pressure. Esther Shapiro, executive producer of Dynasty, decided against Arledge hiring a high-priced actor for her show this season when the task of get ting company approval proved too onerous. Before the takeover, ABC gave its top-rated sitcom Who's the Boss? $50,000 to shoot...