Word: outlaw
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...pretentious, is all business here -- much of it very funny business. The man writes dialogue as if it had not gone out of style. Transforming the hearsay history of a gangster's life into something shrewder than a mere morality tale, yet more disciplined than a romantic celebration of outlaw heroism, he keeps reminding us that back in Bugsy's day, the mark of a good screenplay was great wordplay...
...court became increasingly concerned about government support for religious expression, opponents began speaking up. It was one thing to outlaw state-written prayers, they said, but what about a moment of silence? Perhaps reading the Bible as part of a morning devotional was inappropriate, but what about recognition of extracurricular religious clubs? Justice Potter Stewart, writing in 1963, foreshadowed the debates of the 1980s and '90s when he warned that the court was hardly being neutral in its school-prayer decisions. A ban on noncoercive religious exercises in school placed religion "at an artificial and state-created disadvantage," he said...
SOLUTION: Remove the more blatant conflicts of interest governing the relationships between doctors and hospitals. Outlaw census-based compensation for doctors. Require physicians to disclose their financial relationships with the hospitals to their patients...
...defender of "free speech," Rep. Henry Hyde, who sponsored legislation which would outlaw codes against hate speech at private universities, is the same right-winger who has worked for legislation to ban flag-burning, to deny federal funding for "homoerotic art," and to bar abortion counseling in federally funded health clinics...
...defender of "free speech," Rep. Henry Hyde, who sponsored legislation which would outlaw codes against hate speech at private universities, is the same right-winger who has worked for legislation to ban flag-burning, to deny federal funding for "homoerotic art," and to bar abortion counseling in federally funded health clinics...