Conversely, within the last 50 years, America also witnessed the adoption of an opposite viewpoint on state tax policy.
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The fuel on board the rig is used to power equipment and is not the result of the drilling operations Shell conducted off the North Slope, on the opposite side of the vast state from where the Kulluk now rests.
"The object of California's establishment of the legal relationship of domestic partnership is to grant committed same-sex couples rights equivalent to those accorded a married couple. but Proposition 8, by depriving same-sex couples of the right to marry, denies them the dignity, respect, and stature accorded similarly situated opposite-sex couples under state law, " the court brief said.
As reporters watched, the US secretary of state assured her Russian opposite number her staff had "worked hard" to ensure it was accurate.
"California's interests in protecting all of its children are best served by allowing these same-sex couples to enjoy the same benefits of marriage as opposite-sex couples, " state Attorney General Kamala Harris said of the estimated 50, 000 youngsters being raised by gay and lesbian couples in the state.
On the other side, Chief Justice John Roberts repeatedly asked whether it would step on state power to do the opposite of DOMA -- pass a law providing full federal benefits to any legally married same-sex couple.
On the other hand, in many Muslim countries state oversight is seen as desirable for the opposite reason: to restrain, or at least channel, the zeal of a fervently religious public.
On the opposite end of Connecticut, the Litchfield Hills region is the state's other major destination for serious leaf-peeping.
Instead of starting ventures with market research to identify consumer demands, state-and town-village enterprises start from the opposite direction.
The modern United States has a few examples of governments trying to perform commercial activities, but increasingly we suffer from the opposite problem: formally private institutions given special legal privileges by the state.
Lower population than otherwise means fewer members of Congress from the state and fewer electoral votes in Presidential elections, while the opposite holds true for more population.
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New York's high taxes are having just the opposite effect--they're driving homeowners, residents and businesses out of the state.
As state troopers converged on the area, someone in a truck -- going the opposite direction on a two-lane road -- fired at two marked patrol cars.
Several months ago though, with the recall of state senators, and the defeat of a referendum in Ohio, it seemed like just the opposite was true and that organized labor was back due to Republican overreached.
Under EEJ-Net, a UK consumer who, for example, had a claim against a trader in another EU member state would be able to approach the UK clearing house, which would obtain information from its opposite number in the other country about any suitable out of court scheme operating there.
As the backlash grew, opponents of gay and lesbian marriage, including many religious conservatives, moved quickly to put amendments on state ballots to short-circuit similar rulings from courts sympathetic to the argument that restricting marriage to opposite-sex couples was discriminatory.
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