Word: prima
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...criminal cases may violate the Eighth Amendment prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. The Supreme Court has long ruled that a state may infringe upon individual rights to serve a "compelling interest," but to require use of Norplant might constitute discrimination. Intent is irrelevant. If there is an adverse "prima facie" statistical effect on minorities the policy in question could be considered discriminatory, as has been upheld in court with some hiring policies...
Admittedly, drawing a bright line of exclusion on the right is not as easy as it once was to draw it on the left. The left had an entrenched political party (Communist) and clear foreign enemy (the Soviet Union), association with which was a prima facie reason for excommunication. But the task of the right is not impossible. In the '50s and '60s, William F. Buckley led a heroic and successful effort to purge conservatism of its anti-Semitic and neofascist elements. More recently, the Republican Party excommunicated David Duke...
...first of the postwar ballet superstars, vastly increasing the dance audience. It is no exaggeration to say he burst upon the West, defecting in Paris at age 23 after being ordered back to the U.S.S.R. in the middle of a Kirov Ballet tour. His partnership with Margot Fonteyn, prima ballerina of London's Royal Ballet, was the most famous of the century: her ineffable femininity, his feral grace. She called him "a young lion leaping," and wild he was. His tempers were fearsome, his demands insatiable. Unwilling to settle with one company, he put no limits on his own worth...
...usual Stoppard word wizardry as well as some wonderfully insipid musical numbers. On board the Italian Castle two writers scramble to put together their musical comedy before the boat reaches New York. In their way are a composer who can't speak, an actor who can't act, a prima donna with whom both the composer and the actor are in love, and an indefatigable porter. As they attempt to find an ending, the two writers offer typically Stoppard commentary on the artificial structure of the musical--both the one they're writing as well as the one they...
...given the tense rivalry between their respective coaches. Zmeskal is giggly and seems more inclined to listen than talk, but next to the admittedly shy Miller, whose tiny voice barely rises above a whisper, she is positively gregarious. Though both are 4-ft. 7-in. standouts, neither is a prima donna. Each enjoys a reputation for being "sweet" and "friendly," two words not used casually in the hypercompetitive world of gymnastics. Unlike the many gymnasts who must train far away from their families, Zmeskal and Miller work close to home, enabling both to enjoy the steadying influence of their parents...