Word: outlawed
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...used his big-tent style to become a major political operator as head of the Center for Democracy and Technology, a Washington-based advocacy group. As a proponent of free speech and privacy on the Net, Berman helped overturn the Communications Decency Act of 1996, Congress's attempt to outlaw pornography on the Internet. Now Berman and his nonprofit center are fighting for legislation to protect consumer privacy on the Internet. The very corporations he often opposes, including America Online and Microsoft, finance his $1.25 million annual crusade. Says Berman: "Being an advocate doesn't always mean being an adversary...
...beginning, contrary to preliminary reports by some major news organizations, Kansas school board members did not outlaw evolution. Nor did they erase all traces of the subject from state science standards...
...first and most extensive story she told was that of Raphael Lemkin, a Polish Jew who mounted a campaign before World War II to outlaw genocide--a term he invented...
...Some advice to the field: If you want to be a functioning outlaw, try to stay out of first place. The RIAA lawyers tend to work from the top of the list on down...
...People believe that if we license barbers and people who paint your toenails, there must be someone who licenses people who control something as important as adoption," says William Pierce, founding president of the National Council for Adoption. In fact, even states that outlaw or regulate facilitators find it is extremely difficult to enforce the rules, Pierce says. "It's easy money," says Jeanne Carroll, who claims she lost $15,500 to Furlow. "You're not dealing with selling a car. You're dealing with people's emotions...