The gender of nouns not designating living creatures was only partly predictable from their meaning.
Some terrorism specialists have criticized the government for not designating the Pakistani Taliban as a foreign terrorist organization until now.
As a result, he said, scientists have suggested not designating critical habitat for the rock gnome as it would simply be a road map for collectors.
She dismisses those who call her cynical and self-serving for not designating the person she thinks can best lead France out of the European economic morass.
As secretary of state, Clinton controversially supported not designating the 2009 ouster of Honduran president Manuel Zelaya as a coup, even though he was woken up by armed soldiers and forced onto a plane and out of his country in his pajamas.
By not designating revenge porn posters as sex offenders, such a bill is clearly focused on its goal -- to keep these photos off the Internet -- and be likelier to be signed into law, both here and eventually across the country.
