Word: scoping
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CIVIL RIGHTS/GAY RIGHTS Supports affirmative action, but his "mend it, don't end it" policy narrows the scope of some government preference programs. Opposes the California Civil Rights Initiative (CCRI), which would bar state affirmative-action efforts. Favors federal statute barring discrimination against gays, but signed law against gay marriage...
...would be easy to view this 17-month old's rape as an isolated incident, with few implications beyond the horrifying scope of child abuse. Most of us will undoubtedly forget about this child's rape as we have forgotten about the brutal rape of an octogenarian grandmother last year in New York. I also want to forget. I want to forget the faces of my female peers who blame themselves after being "date raped," who would rather suffer the psychological and emotional consequences than be put on trial. But I can't forget the puffed eyes, or the anguished...
According to Boutros-Ghali, the U.N. has three directives regarding terrorism: to use re-existing international instruments of law, to encourage nations to overcome difficulties arising from international coordination and to widen the scope of the international conventions. He listed 11 international conventions currently sponsored by the U.N.--nine of which have already been ratified--addressing diplomatic immunity, hostage situations, air travel, industry and weapons of mass destruction. Boutros-Ghali said, however, that major obstacles stand in the way of global cooperation...
...arguably the most interesting legal job in the country," Rowe said. "It's an intellectual feast for an attorney because of the scope...
While numerous additional specific factual and contextual inconsistencies litter Nelson's account, a comprehensive micro-analysis remains beyond the scope of this letter. The general shortcoming of Nelson's article is a failure to distinguish between extremism and fundamentalism. The potential for religious extremism exists within any religious group, as demonstrated by tragic events in both Waco and Hebron. Christian fundamentalists include conservative Republicans wishing to reinstitute school prayer; nobody would accuse these religious fundamentalists, in Nelson's words, of wandering down a "dark path" or being opportunistic "parasites...