Holding open the prospect of incestuous marriage would devastate family life by, effectively, legitimizing sexual predation within it. |
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A 1999 document put out by Intelligent Design proponents drew a 20-year road map for legitimizing and then popularizing their views. |
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The Times played a critical role in legitimizing this deeply reactionary campaign. |
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By inference, the law coerces the violator to marry his victim, while legitimizing his actions. |
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This was a strategic way of legitimizing their own ideas, but it also reflected a genuine respect for many of the insights of the classics. |
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Storytelling and religion are depicted as legitimizing existing power relations by appealing to the sanctity of immemorial traditions. |
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When we write something, we are legitimizing it and legitimizing the distinctions those words bring forth. |
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In 1971, a policy of multiculturalism was officially adopted, legitimizing the self-conception of Canada as resting on pluralist foundations. |
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The starting assumption for those interviewed is that advocacy is a legitimate and legitimizing activity. |
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Meanwhile, the international community was still talking about legitimizing new types of landmines. |
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And when you run for, as well as hold, executive office, you are legitimizing exactly that-the executive authority. |
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The central importance of a monocrat to government frequently does not lie in the weight or scope of his effective power, but rather in his legitimizing function. |
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Such an approach could in itself be a source of conflict and serve as an excuse for legitimizing racial discrimination. |
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He also resisted the Emperor's urging that a new law be enacted legitimizing the marriage. |
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The process of legitimizing the status of these individuals involves perfunctory or pro forma activities. |
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Stigma and discrimination are interrelated, reinforcing and legitimizing each other. |
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Much in the way Negritude was important to the Surrealists, white avant-gardists value the poem for its legitimizing linkage to white avant-gardism. |
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It should not be aimed at legitimizing de facto governments or military dictatorships. |
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Without the prior liberation of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, any electoral process would be nothing but a parody of democracy aimed at legitimizing a fait accompli. |
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Finally, an edict issued in 1069 recognized all estates established before 1045 and set up an office to investigate shōen records, thus legitimizing the accumulation of private estates. |
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For an enormous sum of money Maximilian not only bestowed upon Ludovico the title of duke of Milan in 1494, legitimizing his usurpation, but also married Bianca Maria, Gian Galeazzo's sister. |
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Society as we presently establish it has made marriage the basis for legitimizing relationships and for guaranteeing the civil rights of adults entering a relationship and of their children. |
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Since approval of the law on marriage and the family legitimizing adoption, 28,038 young orphans and children without parents to care for them have been transferred. |
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Finally, the program is a gamble, because if it is not carried out properly, it will end up legitimizing the criminal elements and making the situation worse than before. |
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In the implementation of the Cities Project, UNESCO brings all its authority to bear as it performs its appointed role of legitimizing democratic practices and promoting public-spirited attitudes. |
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By legitimizing the unilateral use of military force in response to terrorist attacks, the Security Council has broadened the conditions under which states can use military force in selfdefence. |
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This drive to repatriate earnings led to the pressure of legitimizing their wealth, causing an increase in violence throughout Colombia. |
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These artifacts were used as symbols legitimizing and guaranteeing the Emperor's Heavenly Mandate. |
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The same year, a Soviet Constitution was approved, legitimizing the December 1922 union. |
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The Tianshi school was officially recognized by ruler Cao Cao in 215, legitimizing Cao Cao's rise to power in return. |
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We are rapidly legitimizing our brand and building the necessary credibility to support growth efforts into new markets. |
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If anything, they made a contribution toward intolerance and legitimizing Duke's racist record. |
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Chaucer's work was crucial in legitimizing the literary use of the Middle English vernacular at a time when the dominant literary languages in England were French and Latin. |
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Legitimizing their voices is a valuable part of the methodological framework within which we work. |
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