Word: neutralize
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...around, claim Fundamentalists, opponents of the new law are the ones guilty of censorship. When the Arkansas legislature overwhelmingly passed the Balanced Treatment Act last March, the American Civil Liberties Union went on red alert. Though the act explicitly says it is nonreligious, its origins are indisputably Fundamentalist. Such "neutral" bills, requiring that creation science be taught side by side with evolution, have been promoted for years by California's Institute for Creation Research, one of many such groups lobbying against Darwinism. To the A.C.L.U., along with alarmed educators, the local Roman Catholic bishop and an assortment of Protestants...
...stage is simple, open, bright-unusual for the generally gloomy Loeb. The lighting is all done in bright pastels, the costumes a glorious grab-bag of chiffon and satin that fluff and swirl with every movement. There's little hint given of time or place; the backdrop consists of neutral sheets of off-white canvas, allowing the colorful figures to stand even more distinctly. No curtain cuts off the view. Instead, a soaring contraption of cheesecloth strips covers without concealing. What minimal scenery the stage holds gradually disappears, leaving the set empty for the final two farces, free...
Howell Jackson, a Review editor, said Wednesday that he was considering introducing such a plan. Jackson originally opposed the adoption of a race-conscious plan in favor of a "race-neutral" option that would not have taken applicants' race into account during the selection process...
...members voting against the race-conscious proposal favored a "race neutral" affirmative action plan which would not take the race of applicants into consideration in the actual selection but would only give minorities more opportunities to apply...
...September, as both sides prepared for a further INS hearing, Macias-Rosales flew to Miami and went to visit Cindy, who had been living for more than 18 months in a "neutral" foster home in Fort Lauderdale. Says Macias-Rosales' attorney, Elizabeth Baker of Miami: "It was a very emotional reunion. Cindy read to her and showed off her dolls." Later they went for a walk. And never returned. Subsequently, Attorney Baker confirmed that Cindy was in a "nice quiet place" in Mexico with her mother and a younger brother and sister. The Johnses and their attorney are outraged...