Word: extends
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...goes the tree. Of course, this can't be the rationale. Harvard claims a commitment to diversity and pluralism. They claim a commitment to the protection of minorities. They even have an official policy regarding incidents of racial "insensitivity." It seems reasonable that a concern for insensitivity should extend into the religious realm as well. A majority inclination is surely not enough to justify any scheme of House interior decor...
Benefits for domestic partners were approved in July by Boston lawmakers as a home rule petition. The move would have meant the municipalities had the right to choose whether to extend benefits to domestic partners, but Governor A. Paul Cellucci vetoed the measure...
Cellucci was ambivalent towards the proposal but ultimately thought it was not in line with bills passed in other cities, including Chicago, New Orleans and Philadelphia, which do not extend benefits to heterosexuals...
...interesting changes in their thinking. Alongside the euthanasia that some might be willing to visit on their parents (the end-of-life completion of the parricide they rehearsed when shouldering their elders aside in the '60s), they will no doubt devote themselves feverishly to bringing about miracles to extend their lives. Viagra was just the beginning. The boomers' will toward immortality is quite fierce and will eventually produce, though I will not be around to see them, hilarious tragedies...
...broke ranks with his fellow bankers, many of whom wanted area banks to remain shut to sort out the damage. Giannini quickly set up shop on the docks near San Francisco's North Beach. With a wooden plank straddling two barrels for a desk, he began to extend credit "on a face and a signature" to small businesses and individuals in need of money to rebuild their lives. His actions spurred the city's redevelopment...