Word: legalize
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...bill attempts to prevent future interpretations of the current law, which defines legal marriages as being between a man and a woman, but does not specify that marriages cannot be between two members of the same...
...PAULA JONES has a few unresolved legal issues. But in an industry that already includes LaToya Jackson among its spokespeople, that's hardly grounds for disqualification. And so last month a Florida company approached Jones to lend her name to a psychic hot line, an offer she accepted without first consulting her husband, her attorney or even LaToya. "I hit the roof when I found out," says Susan Carpenter-McMillan, Jones' longtime adviser. "It's the most demeaning thing, and it flies in the face of everything [Paula and I] believe in religiously." When Jones later expressed misgivings about...
...people who will move this year for their jobs. And their new employers realize they must do more than ever to ease the bump of dislocation in order to keep the best and brightest from simply finding another job down the block. This is especially true in the legal, finance, banking, consulting and technology industries, where top talent comes at a premium. In fact, nearly 80% of companies are using relocation assistance as a major recruiting tool, according to statistics from the Employee Relocation Council (E.R.C.) in Washington...
...Naval College cadet, 13, was dismissed on the charge of stealing a five-shilling postal order. His father's legal challenge to the Admiralty made the case a celebrated one. Terence Rattigan's 1946 play ignored the element of religious prejudice (the boy was Catholic) but mined the domestic, romantic and political realms to create a superior, stiff-upper-lip weepie. The surprise is it still works, in this beautifully judged film with Nigel Hawthorne as the righteous father and Jeremy Northam (an Olivier incarnate) as the famous barrister who takes the case. Have a good thought and a quiet...
...result, Tek.Xam, is an eight-part test that requires students to design a website, build and analyze spreadsheets, research problems on the Internet and demonstrate understanding of legal and ethical issues. Says Linda Dalch, president of VFIC: "If an art-history major wants a job at a bank, he needs to prove he has the skills. That's where this credential can help." This year 245 students at VFIC's member colleges have gone through the program. The long-term hope is that Tek.Xam will win the same kind of acceptance as the LSAT or CPA for law or accounting...