Word: allowing
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...definitely a change in a positive direction. Early action is a better policy," he said. "It allows students to consider their choices. And in our case we simply allow the best students who have their act together to have a greater variety of options...
...dissent, Judge White argued that the standard applied by the majority was unnecessarily restrictive. Expert testimony on Johnson's sanity had gone both ways, and U.S. Supreme Court precedent, White stated, would allow a new trial or sentencing if there was a "reasonable probability" of a different outcome had the defense lawyers not shredded their credibility at the outset. "While I share the majority's horror at this carnage," White wrote, "I cannot uphold this as an acceptable standard of representation for a defendant accused of capital murder...
...where do you go? The hungersite.org makes free-food donations to the U.N. World Food Project every time it receives a hit. All you have to do is look at the ads. SECONDHARVEST.ORG distributes food to the needy in over 100 U.S. cities. And e-shopping sites like IGIVE.com allow shoppers to designate a portion of the purchase price to the nonprofit of their choice...
...moved onto the sports field Monday, as the Supreme Court elected to review a Texas high court decision banning student-led group prayers at football games. The case arises from a 1995 complaint in the Santa Fe school district near Galveston against the local school board's decision to allow students to read any message or "invocation" over the PA system at halftime. A Federal judge ruled that such messages and prayers could go on - if they were "nonsectarian and nonproselytizing." But the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals later ruled prayer at football games to be completely out of bounds...
...dollars to spare) to vacation in outer space. For more than a year, the American firm Space Voyages has been taking reservations for sub-orbital shuttle rides - price tag, $98,000 - and expects to launch in 2002. Further, NASA's top brass has urged Washington in recent years to allow civilian forays into outer space, including private rides on the space shuttle. Boeing, the primary developer of the International Space Station, is also leading the consortium to build the hotel, and would not rule out that it could be used to house vacationing civilians. It suddenly appears that the trillions...