Word: objectionable
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One of the touchiest parts of the plan involved Cambodia's neutral status. The Lon Nol government, though plainly pro-Western, is determined to preserve at least the facade of neutrality. Moreover, it hopes to win diplomatic support?and arms aid?later this month at a conference of Asian nations...
The new rules go into effect Oct. 1, giving national bishops time to establish guidelines applying the new regulations to local situations. Though applications will vary, the document does mean that a mixed marriage "for serious reasons" may now be performed by someone other than a Catholic priest or deacon...
Max, in short, is never off duty. That is his pride and his eventual torment. He is a compulsively strict constructionist of culture. A somewhat prickly man, the reader will guess. Well, George Jean Nathan anticipated that objection: "The critic is no gentleman, and the gentleman is no critic."
A second major objection to the Bayh plan is that, in theory, a President could be elected without a broad geographical mandate. With the Bayh amendment, votes would still be counted state by state. If Hubert Humphrey in 1968 had lost 49 states by narrow margins (an average of, say...
This thought leads to the third objection to the Bayh plan, raised by some liberals. They argue that, contrary to ear lier appearances, it would favor conservatives over liberals. One of the anomalies of the Electoral College, they note, is that it gives minorities an influence beyond their numbers and...