Word: facto
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...clause in its bylaws? We acknowledge that this is a fine line. But a group’s bylaws are an obvious basis for judgment when it comes to UC funding. If groups such as the AACF desire UC funding, then they should simply change their bylaws. Although de facto discrimination may be difficult to evaluate, explicit discrimination is not. The UC is reasonable to err on the side of generosity when giving funds to groups that may discriminate in some de facto manner, but it should certainly not fund when discrimination is de jure. Eliminating discriminatory clauses from bylaws...
...Capitol Hill, least of all the Democrats, seems to remember the last time Americans trusted both major parties equally to keep them safe. Ever since 9/11, the Republicans have rarely failed to capitalize on their de facto position as the party of national security. But with six months to go before the mid-term elections, the battle over national security and politics may well be at a tipping point. Last week an AP-Ipsos poll found that American adults were evenly divided on whether Democrats or Republicans could do a better job protecting the country. Likewise, on Monday a Washington...
...what they were securing: there was no room for Congress, independent judiciary, free press, or fair trials for suspects. The Argentine military hunted subversive terrorists but then moved on to civil dissidents: they targeted everyone from union leaders to liberal college students. These people, according to the de facto President, were neither alive nor dead; they were just desaparecidos.But what did that mean? At illegal detention centers, they were tortured in the name of “national security” or their keepers’ dark pleasures. Babies born to captive mothers were given to officers, thus erasing their...
...fair and informed decision," D. Hamilton Peterson told the Washington Post. His father and stepmother died on that flight, and he was one of the thousands of victims' relatives contacted by prosecutors, who traveled the country to interview them, kept them abreast of the prosecution and acted as de facto grief counselors, according to the Post...
...This carrot and stick approach may be standard diplomatic practice, but it raises an awkward question for an administration whose own de-facto Iran policy veers towards regime change. Almost every nation that backs the U.S. against Iran going nuclear would be equally adamant against any U.S. effort to force a change of regime in Tehran. The Europeans believe that regime change, although desirable, must occur as a result of internal pressure, because - as the nuclear standoff has shown - any external threat rallies even opponents of the mullahs behind their regime, and any attack on Iran would create chaos...