Word: reject
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...than a spirit of good will. "Those who believe in the message of the Nativity receive the unique and exclusive benefit of public recognition and approval of their views," Justice Brennan writes in his dissent. "The effect on the minority religious groups, as well as on those who many reject all religion, is to convey the message that their views are not similarly worthy of public recognition nor entitled to public support." Burger argues that the creche is "passive," but the point is that it is a passive symbol of governmental approval. Even a swastika is technically "passive" when placed...
...from a unilateral modification of a collective bargaining agreement is as great one day after a bankruptcy petition has been filed as it was one day before the petition was filed," continues Brennan. "We cannot ignore these realities when construing the reach of the NLRA." Allowing the business to reject its labor agreement before obtaining bankruptcy court approval demonstrates the narrow-mindedness of the court in impinging on labor rights, and Brennan objects strenuously to this...
...major danger," he writes, "to the reorganisation that stems from premature rejection of collective-bargaining agreements is that the debtor-in possession will reject an agreement he would not have rejected upon further deliberation." Brennan sees that too much power has been given to businesses eager to cut back on labor costs. Unfortunately, he spoke with the minority here. Still more unfortunately, no one spoke at all (in the court, at any rate) against the violations of labor rights in the first part of the decision...
ALTHOUGH HIS POETRY includes images of violence, mutilation, and blood, Cesaire's aim was not revolution but self-renewal. Until 1956 he was an avowed Communist, like many French surrealists, but he later came to reject Marxism because of its part in the dominant culture that had colonized Martinique. Cesaire founded the Martinican Progressive Party (PPM) in 1958 and during the 1960s, wrote plays about colonialism and liberation. The personal and political loss that colonialism had caused is tragically painted in "Africa...
...People, patients and the general public are going to be very angry," he says of his book. Predicting that psychiatrists will reject his criticisms, he adds. "And sooner or later this total silence on the part of analysis is going to backfire...