Word: buffer
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...addition to the Guard, Phelps' antics provoked anti-funeral-demonstration legislation, passed in nine states and proposed in more than 12 others and in Congress. Most of the laws establish a protest-free buffer of several hundred feet around memorial services. Civil libertarians say such statutes are vulnerable to challenge, especially since a Supreme Court decision in 2000 allotted only an 8-ft. buffer around anyone entering protested abortion clinics. David Hudson of Washington's First Amendment Center argues that the bikers' vroom trumps clearing room. Paraphrasing former Justice Louis Brandeis, Hudson says, "The remedy is more speech, not enforced...
Kilcommons' love of dogs began as a child growing up in Levittown, N.Y. In his memoir Tails from the Bark Side, he recounts how his beloved mutt Irish served as an emotional buffer from the abuse he says he suffered at the hands of his father, a construction worker: "During a time when my life was full of stress, terror, and unpredictable cruelty, he [Irish] offered a harbor of love and sanity that I drew on daily." Originally planning to be a veterinarian, he dropped out of Iowa State University's pre-vet program when he could no longer afford...
...fans that packed John J. Lee Amphitheater. In anticipation of the match-up with the hated Crimson (10-6, 2-1 Ivy), which was televised on the YES network, a vocal group of the sons of Eli filled the arena’s student section, which is located without buffer on top of the far sideline. The Yale fans, many dressed in an assortment of sports jerseys, did their best throughout the night to make things miserable for Harvard’s players—and their best was more than good enough to make Friday an extremely uncomfortable experience...
...anticipation of the match up with the hated Crimson (10-6, 2-1 Ivy), which was televised nationally on the YES network, a vocal group of the sons of Eli filled the arena’s student section, which begins without buffer right on top of the far sideline. The Yale fans, many dressed in an assortment of sports jerseys, did their best throughout the night to make things miserable for Harvard’s players—and their best was more than good enough to make Friday an extremely uncomfortable experience for the Crimson...
...that end, Koizumi has developed a bolder, if not outright confrontational, position with his Asian neighbors. At the same time, he has made a strategic decision to tie his country more tightly than ever to the U.S. as a buffer against the seemingly inexorable rise of China. In February, the Japanese government joined the U.S. in declaring peace in the Taiwan Strait a "common strategic objective"?a move highly provocative to China that would have been unfathomable even five years ago. After a postelection cabinet reshuffle in November, Koizumi's newly appointed Foreign Affairs Minister, Taro Aso, said "Japan should...