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Huchra explained that the event itself is not unprecedented: Every 13 years, the earth, moon, sun, Jupiter and Venus align similarly without significant effect on the earth...
...George Bush, then ambassador to the United Nations, labeled India's action "aggression"--a judgement that drew heavy criticism at home. As John P. Lewis, then dean of Princeton's school of public affairs, wrote in an op-ed piece for The New York Times, "We have managed to align ourselves with the wrong side of about as big and simple a moral issue as the world has seen lately...
...controversial tax decision, announced on Jan. 8, seemed to align the Administration with enemies of the civil rights movement. Reagan's aides initially created the impression that the President had acted with little notice and less information in advance of the change. Reagan disposed of that dodge at his press conference. "No one put anything over on me," he said. "The buck stops at my desk. I'm the originator of the whole thing." He conceded that the matter had been poorly handled. But now he was vigorously, if belatedly, urging Congress to pass legislation that would deny...
...veto by Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Chester Crocker. Citing South Africa's mineral wealth and strategic importance, and the West's stake in the stability of southern Africa, Crocker insisted that the U.S. "cannot and will not permit our hand to be forced to align ourselves with one side or another in these disputes," but should try "to maintain communications with all parties." Though he declared that the U.S. would not align itself with "abhorrent" apartheid policies, Crocker asserted that Washington "has no intention of destabilizing South Africa in order to curry favor elsewhere...
...when used improperly, so the WHO code had the support of doctors and government health officials all over the planet. The final tally was 118 to 1, a near miracle of consensus in any international forum. Which nation was it that cast the only no vote, thus appearing to align itself in opposition to good health for babies...