Word: righting
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...courts initially awarded the Troxels visitation rights: one weekend a month, one week in the summer and four hours on each grandparent's birthday. But the Washington supreme court sided with the mother, ruling that parents have a right to make decisions about their children. The court was also troubled that Washington State's statute allows visitation not only by grandparents but also by any adult who can persuade a court to order it. Mandatory visitation for nannies and soccer coaches, anyone...
...life. Many Cuban Americans believe Elian will have a better life in the U.S. Many blacks think Baby T would benefit from an African-American upbringing. The trouble is, once courts get involved, it's an invitation for interest groups and other third parties to dictate what's right for other people's children. In a 1995 case, a judge removed a deaf child from her parents, who were not deaf, and awarded custody to her school interpreter--in part because the parents had never learned sign language...
...waved an arm in exuberance. "They can't even steal an election from him by voting dead names. Our candidate will come right in with his Lazarus move. He'll have a million at any poll by nightfall. They may come in shaking a lot of dust off them, but they'll be voters...
Nicodemus looked up the highway and shook his head. There was a long way to go. "If we ever make Des Moines, the television would show him once, and they wouldn't let him off. They'd keep him on for 36 straight hours. The election would be over right there. Instead, look where we are. On foot. And we don't even have anything...
Candidate Christ seems mildly bothered by his rivals. "Gore says he is a born-again Christian. There is only one born-again Christian, and he's walking with you right...