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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...tone, is an heir to the aphoristic tradition of the environmentalists, and to their conviction that sincere beliefs must root themselves in the solid realities of the physical environment. In Purdy's case, this conviction manifests itself in the attention this text pays to Purdy's native West Virginia...

Author: By Joshua Perry, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Sincerity In a New Generation | 10/1/1999 | See Source »

Last Friday, the Hawks were unable to put any points on the board as it battled to a 0-0 tie with No. 11 Richmond. Then on Sunday, Hartford was upset by No. 17 Virginia by the score of 2-1 on the Cavaliers home field...

Author: By Eli Ewing, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: W. Soccer looks for Payback vs.Hartford | 9/29/1999 | See Source »

Although the Hawks seem to be struggling after a perfect 5-0 start, much of its slide is due to the stiff competition. Both Virginia and Richmond are among the nation's best teams...

Author: By Eli Ewing, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: W. Soccer looks for Payback vs.Hartford | 9/29/1999 | See Source »

...just made the Supreme Court docket. During its 1999-2000 session, the Court will decide the constitutionality of provisions in the Violence Against Women Act that allow women who are attacked or raped to sue their attackers in Federal civil court. The case under consideration was brought by a Virginia Tech student who charges that two members of the football team raped her during her freshman year. So why would a case like this fall under the aegis of interstate commerce? Because, explains TIME senior reporter Alain Sanders, according to the 1994 act, when women are attacked or brutalized, their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Let's Make a Federal Case Out of It | 9/29/1999 | See Source »

...defendants in the Virginia rape case are charged under the Violence Against Women Act, but contend that the commerce clause is not a sound basis for the act, and therefore that the case against them is invalid. The court?s deliberations will be watched carefully by lawmakers, because if the commerce clause is rejected as a viable basis for anti-discrimination law, it could affect not only the Violence Against Women Act but also countless other civil rights laws. ?Every major civil rights law on the federal books was enacted under the interstate commerce clause of the Constitution,? says Sanders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Let's Make a Federal Case Out of It | 9/29/1999 | See Source »

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