Word: legalism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...would be easy to miss Charlie’s Kitchen. Hidden among high-end shoe stores, overpriced novelty shops, and expensive restaurants, its neon sign advertising its famous “Double Cheeseburger” struggles to compete with established chains like Uno’s or Legal Sea Foods. But step inside and you are instantly transported back to 1953, the last time Charlie’s Kitchen changed its menu...
Snagging an FM license wasn’t easy, however, and the transformation required quite a bit of legal work that took up most of the 1956-57 academic year. In February 25, 1957—a full year after Kalmus’s announcement—the Federal Communications Commission finally approved the station’s license application, and in May of that year WHRB-FM signed on for the first time at a frequency of 107.1 megahertz...
...have a master's degree in economics and want to work in the U.S. What is your stance on aspiring legal immigrants like me? -Tarun Kumar, BIELEFELD, GERMANYI believe we should have a moratorium on all immigration--legal or not--for at least three years. We have to have an immigration time-out, I think, in order to assimilate the people who have come here already...
...recently found out my family came from Holland without permission in the 1600s. Should we be sent back? -James Smith, PHOENIXNo. When they came, it was perfectly legal. So God bless them. You know, whenever I can, I go to the swearing-in ceremonies for new American citizens. I know when I walk in, people go, "What is Tancredo doing here?" But I speak to them and I tell them two things: "Welcome to America" and "Thanks for doing it the right...
...Conference Center in Alabama entitles you to a personal butler, chef and heliport. You need only ring the chimes in one of the five suites in the 10,000-sq.-ft. cottage, and the butler will draw your bath or bring your favorite snack. "As long as it's legal and ethical, our butler will get you anything you want," says Walter Kennedy, the hotel's general manager...