Word: explicitness
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...second, more explicit, legal basis to violate Nigerian sovereignty had been incorporated into a body of international human rights law in the aftermath of World War II. The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide, for example, prohibits "deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part. "The Geneva Conventions states: "Starvation of civilians as a method of warfare is prohibited...
...incredibly unfair. I was a smoker when they hired me, and then, out of the blue, I'm supposed to stop just because the boss says so." Some employees fear their chances for advancement may be choked off by their smoking habit, though favoritism toward nonsmokers is rarely explicit. Len Beil, director of human resources at Pacific Northwest Bell, says a bias against smoking "could be in the back of a manager's mind when making a decision on a promotion...
...action that considerably broadens its definition of indecency on the airwaves, the FCC issued warnings to three radio licensees, among them WYSP- FM, the Philadelphia station that airs Stern's show, for broadcasting material that contained sexually explicit language. One of those stations, cited for broadcasting excerpts from a play describing homosexual practices, was referred to the Justice Department for possible criminal prosecution for obscenity. In a move that will undoubtedly affect -- and restrict -- the sexual content of what broadcasters say, the FCC suggested it will henceforth take enforcement action against shows it deems to be "indecent...
Until now, the regulatory agency has acted only against violations of its so-called seven-dirty-words policy, a standard first enunciated in 1976 in response to the broadcast of a monologue by Comedian George Carlin titled Filthy Words, in which he mocked the banning of certain sexually explicit terms. In its ruling that year against New York City station WBAI-FM, the FCC defined indecency as anything "patently offensive as measured by contemporary community standards," but the commission elected to move against only those stations that permitted one of the proscribed words to be uttered...
...question remains whether even the most laudable local programs need to be funded through explicit clauses in the highway bill. After all, the bill already gives states $81 billion in discretionary authority to use on eligible projects as they see fit. David Chapin of the Maryland department of transportation admits that his state had been planning to pay for three of its demonstration projects ($34 million) that were included in the bill. Skeptics might wonder in this case why Montana taxpayers should help Maryland residents foot the bill...