Word: landmarking
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Hooley entered politics 20 years ago after her son was injured at a local playground. Two decades later, she has developed more (and presumably safer) area parks, along with a landmark state welfare-reform bill and a $10,000-per-year tax-deduction plan for higher education. Hooley's reputation for consensus building has made her a popular candidate and made this one of the closest House races in the country...
...constitutional right. Seeking a way around that ruling, Congress passed legislation requiring that any law imposing a "substantial burden" on someone's religious beliefs serve a "compelling government interest in the least intrusive way." St. Peters Catholic church in Boerne invoked the Religious Freedom Restoration Act when a local landmark-preservation commission blocked the church from building an addition to its 70-year old building. The church contends that the law violates the 10th Amendment rights of states and local governments by forcing federal courts to impose a more exacting standard than the Supreme Court said was necessary...
...constitutional right. Seeking a way around that ruling, Congress passed legislation requiring that any law imposing a "substantial burden" on someone's religious beliefs serve a "compelling government interest in the least intrusive way." St. Peters Catholic church in Boerne invoked the Religious Freedom Restoration Act when a local landmark-preservation commission blocked the church from building an addition to its 70-year old building. The church contends that the law violates the 10th Amendment rights of states and local governments by forcing federal courts to impose a more exacting standard than the Supreme Court said was necessary...
...having an easy time. He has a dream resume that combines big-league prestige (Rhodes scholar, Harvard Law School graduate) and heartland values (Vietnam veteran, family farmer). He became chairman of the powerful Commerce Committee when the Republicans took over Congress, giving him bragging rights to this year's landmark telecommunications law and helping him raise as much as $5 million for his re-election bid. And he is running in a state where registered Republicans outnumber Democrats 49% to 41%. South Dakota hasn't given its three electoral votes to a Democrat since Lyndon Johnson...
...then, however, most of them were a little antsy, anticipating the last run of the Green line. Unfortunately, one can go blotto on sensory overload. Individually these suites represent landmark innovations in technical experimentation and extraordinary lyricism. All stuffed together like a blue-light-special, all-you-can-eat fest, they tend to blend together and become tragically diminished. Bravo to Mr. Wispelwey nevertheless for earnestly sculpting each suite with a combination of restraint, virtuosity and playfulness...