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Mandy Moore
Moore, Mandy 1984– (Mandah, Amanda Moore) PERSONAL Full name, Amanda Leigh Moore; born April 10, 1984, in Nashua, NH; daughter of Don (an airline pilot) and Stacy (a news reporter) Moore. Education: Attended Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Camp. Religion: Read more |
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Fellowship of Isis
Fellowship of Isis An international, neopagan religious organization founded in 1976 by author and painter Olivia Robertson to revive worship and communion with the feminine principle of the deity in the form of the goddess Isis and to promote knowledge of the world's matriarchal religions. The... Read more |
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United States Law Week
United States Law Week is a two‐volume looseleaf service, devoted in part to Supreme Court decisions and news and published commercially, on a weekly basis, by the Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., of Washington, D.C. The “Supreme Court” volume of U.S. Law Week issues the full... Read more |
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Pulitzer Prizes
Pulitzer Prizes annual awards for achievements in American journalism, letters, and music. The prizes are paid from the income of a fund left by Joseph Pulitzer to the trustees of Columbia Univ. They have been awarded each May since 1917 on the recommendation of an advisory board comprising... Read more |
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Gospel
Gospel [M.E.,=good news; evangel from Gr.,= good news], a written account of the life of Jesus. Though the Gospels of the New Testament are all anonymous, since the 2d cent. they have been named Matthew , Mark , Luke , and John . The first three are called Synoptic Gospels because they... Read more |
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New York Times Company v Sullivan
New York Times Company v. Sullivan case decided in 1964 by the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1960, the Times ran a fundraising advertisement signed by civil-rights leaders that criticized, among other things, certain actions of the Montgomery, Ala., police department. Some of the facts in the... Read more |
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Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. 4101 Washington AvenueNewport News, Virginia 23607U.S.A.(804) 380-2000Fax: (804) 380-3114 Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Tenneco Inc.Incorporated: 1886 as Chesapeake Dry Dock & ConstructionCo.Employees: 19,950Sales: $1.8 billionSICs: 3731 Ship... Read more |
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Ed Gordon
Ed Gordon1960- Television and radio news personality Ed Gordon emerged in the late 1990s as one of the hottest news personalities in the highly competitive business. For many years, Gordon was a leading news anchor for the Black Entertainment Television (BET) network. During his early years with... Read more |
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Saint Hilda
Hilda, St (614–80). Baptized in 627 with her kinsman, the Northumbrian king Edwin, at 33 Hilda became a nun, joining a community on the banks of the Wear. A year later she became abbess at Hartlepool, and in 657 founded the double monastery at Streanaeshalch (Whitby). Renowned for her high... Read more |
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Orthodox groups hail Good News in Supreme Court's religion ruling
...Orthodox groups hail Good News in Supreme Court's religion rulingBy Sharon SamberWASHINGTON...disappointed by the ruling, saying schoolsshould...While the ruling in Good News Club v. Milford Central...agreed."The Good News Club seeks nothing more... |
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RELIGION DOESN'T JUSTIFY DISCRIMINATION, COURT RULES CALIFORNIA RULING SAYS...
...Service SAN FRANCISCO -- Ruling in a key conflict between...the California Supreme Court said this week that a...watched nationally, the court ruled that the federal...person's exercise of religion may not be ``substantially...cover unwed couples, the court affirmed the rights ... |
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NEWS ANALYSIS: Court ruling on remedial classes could benefit day
...Agency 06-25-1997 NEWS ANALYSIS: Court ruling on remedial classes could...community, the Supreme Court has ruled that public...cheering Monday's high court ruling that reversed...government entanglement with religion, they expressed concern... |
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Pledge ruling won't affect Illinois Expert predicts renewed dedication to...
...government endorsement of religion in violation of the...surprising if the Supreme Court of the United States...overruled." The appeals court ruled in favor of an...7th U.S. Circuit Court, which governs Illinois...have make a similar ruling. "I wouldn't even...fact that two federal ... |
 "The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)")
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COURT TO WEIGH FUNDING RELIGION.(News)
...WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court is taking up a case that...government can go in funding religion, agreeing to decide...Last year, the Supreme Court said states may use taxpayers...related schools. The 5-4 ruling upheld a voucher program...establishment of religion," the court ruled. ... |
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HIGH COURT HEARS RELIGION CASE \ REVIEWS DISPLAYS OF 10 COMMANDMENTS.(News)
...The Supreme Court is considering whether...splintered lower courts for more than two...since 1980 the high court is tackling the...establishment of religion," or simply represent...front of the Supreme Court in the icy cold...displays, a broad ruling could define the...more than two ... |
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APPEALS COURT: RULING ON ANTI-RELIGION SIGN CORRECT.(Local)
...Karen Abbott News Staff Writer A...the Freedom from Religion Foundation can...steps, an appeals court decided Monday...U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a 1999 ruling by Denver U.S...city in federal court, asking a judge... |
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SUPREME COURT RULING ON RELIGION ADVANCES FREEDOM
The News' editorial "From the Supreme Court ... a hit at religious...human beings. The News is historically wrong...construed as a state religion." In fact, state religions (officially established...dangerous is The News's tacit endorsement... |
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Christian school to appeal court ruling.(News)
...Morson, Rocky Mountain News Colorado Christian University...will appeal a federal court ruling that the state can withhold...guarantee of freedom of religion. Federal District Court Judge Marcia Krieger...believe the district court decided this case properly... |
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SUPREME COURT'S TERM 'AMAZING'.(NEWS)
...were reflected in the court's votes - 20 of the...H. Rehnquist and the court's leading conservatives...attackers in federal courts and barred the federal...victims - in which the court struck down a key provision...between government and religion by ruling that taxpayer money can... |
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