Word: legislatese
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
The council has to reform itself. To begin with, it must cut its size so that chaos and frivolity do not dominate its full council meetings. Also, it must not pass resolutions on everything it can--from human rights in Nigeria to fried dough. Rather, it must carefully think about...
There is no law which legislates people under 21 out of places where alcohol is being served--these rules are created and enforced only by drinking establishments themselves.
In a world where Sonny Bono legislates and Naomi Campbell writes novels, why can't ROSEANNE help guest-edit an issue of the New Yorker? Editor Tina Brown's decision to ask the vernacular star to mix it up with the venerable magazine's staff for an issue on the...
Baseball merely discourages the black flair. Football actually legislates against it, restraining end-zone celebrators and individualists of every stripe. At a stadium distance, the shades of baseball and football players might be neutralized slightly. But a basketball player running around in his underwear cannot be pushed back inside a...
"The reason why we have such a strict policy is because the state legislates it," Postel says. "We've never had anything in place as firm as it is now under Massachusetts law."