Word: forbiddingly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Which leads one to ask what exactly Sheehy's purpose is. Is it to expose the character flaws in our candidates so as to ensure that, heaven forbid, Jackson or Bush won't make it to the White House? Is it to set forth any coherent idea as to what constitutes "presidential" character? Is it to explore what unique characteristics propel one individual to seek the nation's highest office, while the rest of us demur...
...over the past three years, church activities remain sharply restricted in the Soviet Union. Only 7,000 churches are functioning in the country today, compared with 70,000 in pre-Revolution days. Formal religious instruction is banned. And the 17 church-control laws instituted by Stalin in 1929 even forbid charitable work, although bit by bit some Christians are being allowed to help at clinics, mental hospitals and homes for the aged. There is no word as yet on the fate of the long-promised revision of Stalin's laws. Cautions Alexander Ogorodnikov, an ex-prisoner and lay activist...
...surprisingly, each stumbled at times: Reagan by pulling his punches at the end and weakly blaming Soviet human-rights violations on "bureaucracy" rather than the Communist system or (heaven forbid!) his host; Gorbachev by taking now and then an almost contemptuous attitude toward Reagan. But like the seasoned troupers they are, they generally brought off their assignments with a surefooted panache...
...guarantee the rights of newly emancipated blacks. Though the 19th century statutes make no mention of schools, one of them does guarantee all persons the same right "to make and enforce contracts." In the 1976 case, the Justices concluded 7 to 2 that Congress intended the law to forbid segregation at nonsectarian private schools. A whites-only policy, they reasoned, denied black parents the opportunity to make contracts with the school for admission of their children...
...Runyon decision became a key element in a fabric of court rulings that forbid racial discrimination in all kinds of private transactions. Although the civil rights laws of the 1960s prohibit discrimination involving housing, employment and public accommodations, they leave many areas of life uncovered. Runyon gave plaintiffs the power to sue for discrimination in just such areas -- for example, a refusal by a shopkeeper to sell to blacks -- and, equally important, to collect monetary damages...