Word: acted
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Congress later negated that ruling when they amended the Indian Civil Rights Act. Under the revised act, a tribe's criminal jurisdiction covers all Native Americans...
...murder of Matthew Shepard was more than a personal loss for his family and friends; it was an act of social intimidation that impacted the thousands of gays and lesbians in Wyoming and the millions across the country. It sent a violent and unmistakable message: Unless you are willing to live your life in fear, unless you are willing to risk the violent prejudice of your neighbors, you cannot live...
Unfortunately, however, the staff fails to realize that in mandating hate-crime legislation, they seek to punish not simply the illegal act of the given crime, but the ideas that motivate it, attacking the legally-protected right to free thought and expression...
...act of vandalism, for example, can only be illegal because it infringes on another person's property, not because of its intellectual content...
...daily struggles of a half-dozen ordinary but entirely individual characters while gradually homing in on the explosive conflict between two: the cab company's owner and his estranged son, just released from prison after 20 years. Unusual for a Wilson play, Jitney loses some momentum in the second act; but it's still a major work by a major artist...