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...interesting part of the statement released by the palace concerns the niceties of Diana's rank. She will "from time to time receive invitations to state and national public occasions." At such ceremonies she will "be accorded the precedence she enjoys at present." In other words, she will not be banished far from her boys should they be in attendance. If Diana wishes to be part of the family, she can gradually reingratiate herself. Lord Snowdon, the photographer and Princess Margaret's former husband, has reappeared on the court scene and can be found at receptions and other occasions...
...time being, marriage is defined as the union 1) of two people 2) of the opposite sex. Gay-marriage advocates claim that restriction No. 2 is discriminatory, a product of mere habit or tradition or, worse, prejudice. But what about restriction No. 1? If it is blind tradition or rank prejudice to insist that those who marry be of the opposite sex, is it not blind tradition or rank prejudice to insist that those who marry be just...
This is traditionally called the polygamy challenge, but polygamy--one man marrying more than one woman--is the wrong way to pose the question. Polygamy, with its rank inequality and female subservience, is too easy a target. It invites exploitation of and degrading competition among wives, with often baleful social and familial consequences. (For those in doubt on this question, see Genesis: 26-35 on Joseph and his multimothered brothers...
...average trusting air traveler, things have come to a sorry pass indeed when lawmakers propose altering the language of the Federal Aviation Administration charter to "put safety first." Where in the great blue yonder did it rank before? Last...
...held a top union job, to organized crime. Moreover, a number of events cast doubt on the integrity of the cleanup effort: in New York, Salvatore Lanza, identified with Cosa Nostra in the original complaint, was promoted to treasurer of the union's New York regional PAC. In California rank-and-filers who gave information to the Laborers' investigators were subsequently threatened by local union officials...