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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...latter move has outraged the PP. Backed by the bishops, it has rushed to the Constitutional Court, insisting it's implicit in the relevant section that marriage must be to a member of the opposite sex. While the court mulls, local mayors continue to wed over-the-moon gays and lesbians, and no one can guess what will become of these legal unions should they be ruled unconstitutional. Can you "unmarry" a couple not seeking divorce? The word nation is an even deeper linguistic black hole. The constitution refers to "the indissoluble unity of the Spanish nation." Clear enough - until...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Birth of a Nation | 11/13/2005 | See Source »

...details the scandalous Club festivities. At a hotel party at the Wayside Inn in Wayland, the girls made a “mild up-roar” in the dance-hall, and “next came a moonlight orgie [sic]. It was a wonderful night—full moon. Shadow tag and cross tag were followed by a grand walk-run-hop-skip-and jump expedition up the road to the accompaniment of our lustiest lung power...

Author: By Elizabeth M. Doherty, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Old Girls’ Club | 11/9/2005 | See Source »

...structure and evolution of solar nebula and the formation and sequence evolution of low-mass stars, as well as their nucleosynthesis. He also studied planet formation and the physics of planets and their atmospheres. In 1976, Cameron challenged contemporary beliefs with his new theory for the origin of the moon. He argued that an object at least the size of Mars struck our planet, causing fragments to be strewn into orbit around the Earth. The debris then coalesced into what is now known as the moon. This “giant impact” theory is now widely accepted...

Author: By Kyle B. Gibler, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Astronomy Professor Moves to World Beyond | 11/8/2005 | See Source »

Throughout South Asia, Hindus worship the goddess Lakshmi, and it is said that on the night of the new moon, Lakshmi descends to earth and only enters houses that are properly cleaned and lighted...

Author: By Joyce Y. Zhang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Dharma Students Host Diwali, Festival of Lights | 11/8/2005 | See Source »

Beating AIDS and extreme, stupid poverty, this is our moon shot. This is our civil rights struggle, our anti-apartheid movement. This is what the history books will remember our generation for--or blame us for, if we fail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: This Generation's Moon Shot | 11/1/2005 | See Source »

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