Word: note
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...Tory RisingIn her profile of british conservative leader David Cameron, Catherine Meyer failed to note that the United Kingdom is effectively governed by the European Union in that about 70% of the laws enacted by our Parliament are required to comply with E.U. regulations. Within a few years, after the provisions of the Lisbon Treaty are progressively brought into effect, our subordination to the E.U. will be complete. Regrettably, that final outcome accords with the Conservative Party's consistent policy since the Prime Ministership of Edward Heath, who took Britain into the European Economic Community in 1973. The Conservatives have...
...contemporary art that attempts, much less achieves, a genuine tragic dimension. Irony you can find in any gallery these days, also low comedy, puerile cool and enigma. But in a time that has its share of tragedy, where is the art that tries to strike an equivalent note? What we have no language for anymore, at least not in art, is acute pain. Except in room after room at the Tate, in a show that moves later to Madrid and New York City...
Serious news organizations do not do this! They say "misleading." They say "pushing the envelope." If they're feeling especially feisty, they might note, "Some say this is a lie." But they do not call what they believe to be a lie, a lie. At least not until the camera light goes...
...task of cleaning up the office. Lambda was founded as the Committee on Gay Legal Issues 30 years ago. If the state of the office told us anything, it was that three decades of Lambda leadership had never thrown away a single old poster, flier, banner, or note. But these piles were more than just an impediment to us. Sorting through what some might take to be junk, we discovered an archive—the shared history of several generations of LGBT law students...
...Buddhist and was a member of the undergraduate panel with Meacham and Quinn. “The panel was valuable,” Birdsall said. “It was enlightening to listen to the panelists share their spiritual backgrounds with each other.” During the key-note address, Quinn described her transition from feeling “contempt and disdain for any kind of religious person” to now no longer calling herself an atheist. “Religion touches everything in our lives. You can’t be a truly informed person unless...