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And after trains and film shows are introduced to Macondo who can be surprised when the village is subjected to a rain of yellow flowers that covers the streets like a vast carpet, or when a girl is conferred the privilege of assumption, like the Blessed Virgin Mary?

Prior to the adoption of the 15th Amendment the privilege of suffrage was conferred by the Constitution of Maryland of 1867 upon 'every white male citizen,' but the 15th Amendment by its self-operative force obliterated the word 'white,' and caused the qualification therefore to be 'every male citizen,' and this came to be recognized by the court of appeals of the state of Maryland.

was conferred on him.

This is not a naturalization proceeding in which the Government is being asked to confer the privilege of citizenship upon an applicant.

Privilege has been conferred on the dominant group and that dominance is maintained by our legal, cultural, religious, educational, economic, political, environmental and military institutions.

SECTION 24 The privileges and immunities accorded by this Article are conferred in the interests of FAO and not for the personal benefit of the individuals themselves.

The privileges and immunities accorded by this Article are conferred in the interests of FAO and not for the personal benefit of the individuals themselves.

Racism, the belief that some population groups ('races' or ethnic groups) are superior to others, ensures that power and privilege within society is conferred on the group(s) considered superior [ 1, 2].

Thus, the privilege has been conferred in this case without the normal concomitants of such protection, leaving the employee's reputation highly vulnerable to injury by a corporate executive who has no direct responsibility to the public.

But he could acquire the rights and privileges pertaining to the office; and they were conferred upon him, apparently by the Senate, whose action was then ratified by the popular assembly.

(2) Even if some immunity is conferred, it is not coextensive with the constitutional privilege against self-incrimination.