Word: enact
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...award I've ever heard of. If this decision were upheld, I would feel inhibited in writing reviews in the future." At the very least, it could lead to an intriguing variety of appeals in court. Actors who got stinging notices on opening night might decide to re-enact their scenes for a judge and jury as a way of proving that their performances were misreported. Critically wounded sopranos might end up singing arias as evidence. Says Henry Kaufman, general counsel for the Libel Defense Resource Center: "The Mr. Chow case could set a dangerous precedent...
...want the most stringent law to be the statewide standard," Jordon said, adding, however, that municipalities can enact stronger restrictions, such as limiting or even banning condo conversion altogether...
Restoring freedom and democracy, explained President Reagan, were paramount objectives of American intervention. Consequently, Grenada Governor-General Paul Scoon's proclamation last Thursday to enact sweeping restrictions on personal and press freedoms surprised the Administration. Citing a 1968 "state of emergency" law, Scoon banned public meetings, allowed searches without warrant, and established measures to censor the press. Moreover, American troops have rounded up over a thousand Grenadian civilians suspected of sympathizing with slain Prime Minister Maurice Bishop. These detained Grenadians, questioned on their anti-Western beliefs and political activities, are kept in isolation cells under heavy guard. Relying on local...
...Singapore, where Nestle's 50 percent share of the market dropped drastically when it reformed its policies. But this argument should only serve to further fuel the boycott: if there are changes that should be made but are not because of potential losses, we should force the company to enact those changes by reducing their profits in the grant consumer markets of the West...
...relatively quiet council race has contrasted sharply with a heated debate over the ballot's Question 2, which asks voters to enact a law prohibiting any work directly related to nuclear weapons inside the city limits...