Word: sanctions
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...post he holds." We applaud Rudenstine's articulation of this important standard. Surely among the "essential duties" of the Minister in Memorial Church is attention to the moral and spiritual well-being of those under his care. It is this important trust which Gomes has violated by lending the sanction of his office to the practice of a vice which Scripture and the Church historically have unanimously condemned as morally and spiritually destructive...
According to Task Force member Naomi Hamburg, those of the report's rape provisions that govern sexual intercourse, including such activities as vaginal sex and fellatio, apply penalties only to male offenders. The provisions permit the Administrative Board to sanction men for engaging in sex with a willing partner whom the Board later deems was incapable of "reasoned consent" because of alcohol intake. According to report coauthor Dean Janet Viggiani, mere alcohol influence, rather than full-fledged intoxication, can justify a rape conviction. A man can be convicted even if the sexual act was non-forcible and initiated...
...true respect for free speech carries with it a responsibility to make choices about whose speech or what speech we wish to sanction, I urge the Black Students Association to reconsider their invitation to Leonard Jeffries. Refusing Jeffries a forum on campus would not deny his right to openly articulate his beliefs, but offering him a Harvard podium will lend his hate speech a degree of credibility that threatens every individual who has suffered discrimination...
...adopted provocative tactics. In October settlers moved overnight into Silwan, a strictly Arab neighborhood in East Jerusalem, and occupied several houses. Accounts vary as to how many Arabs they evicted. The settlers' activities were temporarily restrained by an Israeli court, but in December they returned with the government's sanction. One Arab family now unhappily shares its home with settlers...
Telling you a joke and assuring you that it's worth it is not, I suppose, a very good way to convince you to buy this if you have the outrageous amount of money they want for it. (I cannot sanction your xeroxing the whole thing, which would come to about $4.00. That's illegal. And besides, the book is beautiful, and worth buying for the cover photograph alone...Hmmm...maybe a color xerox would do that...