Word: exempt
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...mischievous schoolchildren. Britain's House of Commons last week struck down a longtime classroom practice: punishment by the cane. The bill abolishing corporal punishment in state-run schools passed by a bare 231 to 230. An earlier version would have retained caning while allowing parents to exempt their children from the practice, but critics charged that the measure would divide students into "beatables" and "unbeatables." Last week's final approval came despite the Education Minister's warning that "the abolition of corporal punishment would send out wrong signals...
...with a new state authority. In return, the children would be guaranteed a full four years at any of the 15 colleges in the state system starting in 2005. For the state, meanwhile, the money would have ballooned in a way that private investments rarely can. "We have tax-exempt status that we can share with our people," explains Michigan Governor James Blanchard. "E.F. Hutton can't do that...
...private expressways are another matter. Last week a group of businessmen announced a plan to build a 200-mile, four-lane private toll road that would link the Colorado cities of Fort Collins and Pueblo. Since no Government funds would be used for the project, the road would be exempt from the federal 55-m.p.h. speed limit and would allow cruising at up to 80 m.p.h. Under the terms of an 1883 state law, private investors can, in some cases, gain the power of eminent domain to build a road...
...state legislature hoped that coupling the higher speed limit with a mandatory seat-belt requirement would induce the feds to exempt Nevada from the 55-m.p.h. restriction. No such luck. When the Federal Highway Administration promptly announced a cutoff of road-building funds--including $66 million for next year--the state just as quickly backed off. But not without vowing to fight: the state has filed a suit against the Federal Government, calling the threat to stop funding an infringement on states' rights. It is, said Nevada Chief Deputy Attorney General William Isaeff, "like putting a gun to our head...
...another decision last week, the court ruled 6 to 3 that most airlines are exempt from a 1973 law that bars recipients of federal aid from discriminating against the handicapped. The case was brought by three organizations, including the Paralyzed Veterans of America, which noted that some airlines subject the handicapped to humiliations like requiring them to sit on blankets for fear they will not be able to make it to the bathroom. The court found that airports, not airlines, are the recipients of current federal aid programs. Thus airlines are not bound by the strings attached...