Word: solomonic
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Acceptance of such art is difficult to obtain because of how the media present issues of artistic aesthetics, according to Alisa Solomon, a staff writer at the Village Voice...
...Tennessee court ruled in 1992 that a divorcing father could destroy embryos he had created with his wife. However, the decision turned on the fact that the wife planned to donate the eggs to an infertile couple, reducing her personal interest in them. Courts usually try to be Solomonic in their decisions, but in the Kasses' case that may not be enough. King Solomon had to decide the fate of only one baby, and it was alive...
These thinnish, arc-less characterizations--shocking from the creator of Song of Solomon's galvanizing Milkman and Pilate, or Beloved's triumvirate of mother and daughters--detract from the novel as a whole. Again, though, this ailment of the text proved ironically rewarding for the Faneuil Hall audience, who could follow the movements of plot and character easily without the impediments of tortuous internal conflicts or irreducible psychic complexities...
...House of Representatives voiced its approval Wednesday night for a plebiscite that may turn Puerto Rico into the 51st state. More importantly, they did it without any bill-killing riders such as a clause making English the official language of the United States -- a suggestion from Rep. Gerald Solomon that seemed calculated to offend the Spanish-speaking commonwealth. ?I?m extremely excited,? said Puerto Rico?s only congressional delegate, Carlos Romero-Barcelo...
...staff editorial decrying the unjustness of the Solomon Amendment (Feb. 24), which prevents Harvard Law School (HLS) from receiving almost $1 million in federal funding because it prevents the military from recruitment at its Office of Career Services (OCS), misses one crucial point: the military is not an "organization," like a law or consulting firm. It is a necessary piece of our country's survival, and its primary concern is effectiveness, not equality...