Word: turfing
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...Here is a classic tension: How much restraint should one branch of government show when it feels another is not showing enough? The Rehnquist Court holds the record for tossing out congressional statutes, often on the ground that Congress is muscling in on state turf. The argument rests on how one reads the Constitution's Commerce Clause, an omnibus notion that allows Congress to regulate interstate commerce but has frequently been used as an all-purpose regulatory vehicle. The high court has overturned a federal law that barred possession of a firearm within 1,000 ft. of a school...
...spiritual and temporal and, like any world leader, into things domestic and foreign. Pope Benedict XVI has shown himself sure-footed on the home front, with clear ideas for streamlining the Vatican hierarchy and affirming traditional doctrine among the faithful. The former German theology professor was on pretty familiar turf last week when preaching to hundreds of thousands of young Roman Catholics gathered for World Youth Day in Cologne. "Only from God does true revolution come," the Pope told a Saturday night prayer vigil. "It's not ideologies that save the world, but a return to the living...
...doctrinal approach is "too conservative" for his tastes, is encouraged that he may be softening a bit in the new job. "He's the Vicar. He's the Pope, and we must move forward together as the body of Christ" said Mertes, standing on a muddy patch of turf in his Minnesota Twins shirt. "I have an open mind, I hope he does too." But others don't want the Pope to give any ground. Derek Smith, 23, a student at St. Thomas College in Houston, likes that Benedict "doesn't mince words." "It's what we young people need...
...moved to temporary locations. As we rise again to 250 feet, we fly above some of these "caravillas." They're two- or three-bedroom temporary structures with roofs that are sometimes slate-gray, sometimes red. Laid out in neat cul-de-sacs, the government is putting down turf for the gardens. The government doesn't want the settlers to feel disregarded, like the new immigrants who came from Ethiopia and the former Soviet Union during the 1990s, who were initially housed in rotten caravans like those used as temporary offices on construction sites...
...surface, the President's position seems supremely fair-minded: What could possibly be wrong with presenting more than one point of view on a topic that divides so many Americans? But to biologists, it smacks of faith-based science. And that is provocative not only because it rekindles a turf battle that goes all the way back to the Middle Ages but also because it comes at a time when U.S. science is perceived as being under fresh assault politically and competitively. Just last week, developments ranging from flaws in the space program to South Korea's rapid advances...