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Although an uneasy consensus is forming in favor of gay equality, the toughest test is what that equality will mean for our kids. This week the U.S. Supreme Court will take that test when it hears oral arguments in the case of Boy Scouts of America v. James Dale. The ruling, expected by summer, should settle the question of whether the Boy Scouts have to admit openly gay men and boys...
Even in the U.S., which has some of the toughest environmental laws, safeguarding rivers and reservoirs is a constant struggle. While many companies obey the rules, others still try to use waterways as dump sites. American environmental-enforcement officials have been bombed, shot, run over and sued while trying to perform their duties. But the most demoralizing blows invariably come from their employers: the Governor or commissioner who wants to shield a political contributor or recruit polluters to the state by shutting down environmental enforcement. Some environmental cops must dodge both bullets and their bosses to protect the public from...
...playing field where the toughest competitors sweat exquisite grace, a helmet of poise protects fragile egos and the chosen ones rise to the occasion before age 14. Fierce determination separates the winners from the losers, but not without consideration of classical physique, form, and agility...
...tension between national security and civil rights is one of the toughest any government can face, Mineta said...
...meter high hurdles, Taylor faced her toughest competition, her sister, Brown junior Lindsay Taylor...