Word: exceptionable
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Just two days after the court's ruling, pro-life activists were applauding an even more stunning victory: the Louisiana legislature gave final approval to the nation's most restrictive abortion law. The bill would make abortion a punishable criminal act unless the life of the mother was at stake...
If this seems extreme, the same is true -- but with the sides reversed -- on the equally emotional issue of what to do about a child conceived in the violence of rape or incest. The pro-life movement brooks no exception to the absolute position that all abortions, except those to...
Relatively few abortions are at stake here -- less than 1% of the 1.6 million abortions performed annually result from rape or incest -- yet the pro-life movement is determined to fight over each one. The movement insists that its position springs from religious beliefs that allow no compromise. Indeed, the...
Heiner Muller was once without full recognition in his own country. The East German playwright had a festival of his works this month in Frankfurt, and has been praised by international audiences for plays like Hamletmaschine and Quartett. It's only now that his dramas, pointedly dealing with the theme...
Most sequels to action-adventure films fall flat on their bloodstained faces, but Diehard 2 is a welcome exception to that trend. This sequel doesn't just cash in on the success of the original movie, or just pull all the same stunts. Diehard 2 remains as fresh as the...