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"420" did not originate from the Los Angeles police or penal code for marijuana use. [113] California Penal Code section 420 prohibits the obstruction of access to public land. [ 113 ] [ 114 ] The use of "420" started in 1971 at San Rafael High School , where a group of students would go to smoke at 4:20 pm. [ 113 ]
[16] [86] Other legal code sections declared that the only people who can legally perform legal abortions are licensed American Samoan physicians. [16] [86] Legal code sections 46.3902 and 46.3903 made any attempt to terminate a pregnancy except in the case of saving the physical or mental health of the mother a crime. [16] [86] [88]
SNU is one of eight regional [16] U.S. liberal arts colleges [17] affiliated with the Church of the Nazarene.SNU represents the "South Central Region." In terms of the Church of the Nazarene, the "South Central Region" comprises the North Arkansas, South Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Northeast Oklahoma, Southwest Oklahoma, Texas-Oklahoma Latin, North/East Texas, South Texas, and West Texas ...
The L Word featured television's first ensemble cast of lesbian characters. [21] The first all-transgender performance of the Vagina Monologues was held. The monologues were read by eighteen notable transgender women, and a new monologue revolving around the experiences and struggles of transgender women was included. [24]
In 1980, the Iraqi legal and penal code was changed, making it a felony to "promote or acclaim Zionist principles, including freemasonry, or who associate [themselves] with Zionist organizations." [69] Also, Freemasonry was banned in Egypt in 1964 by the order of President Nasser and in 1965 the Ba'athist government of Syria banned all lodges. [70]
Eastern Bloc media and propaganda was controlled directly by each country's communist party, which controlled the state media, censorship and propaganda organs. State and party ownership of print, television and radio media served as an important manner in which to control information and society in light of Eastern Bloc leaderships viewing even marginal groups of opposition intellectuals as a ...
The coup had, in the words of diplomat Jean Sainteny, "wrecked a colonial enterprise that had been in existence for 80 years." [33] In August 1945, as they faced defeat, the Japanese belatedly created a puppet state, incorporating Cochinchina in the Empire of Vietnam under the nominal authority of the Bảo Đại. [34]