Word: amending
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Numerous reasons, including academic and financial discrimination, have been cited by students and faculty as evidence of the University’s need to amend its policy...
...still leaves 425 active sites--perhaps 25% too many, in the view of the latest and leaner-minded Defense Department boss. Next month Rumsfeld will list the bases he wants closed or moved, and a nine-member Base Realignment and Closure Commission has until Sept. 8 to approve or amend his recommendations. Then Bush must accept or reject the final list--on an all-or-none basis--and submit it to Congress, whose only option is to pass a joint resolution by Nov. 7 to turn down the list in its entirety. Otherwise it becomes binding...
...fact remains that despite a strong constituency who seem unshakable in their opposition to Summers, an even larger majority wants to look forward and amend ties with their battered chief, flawed though he may be. Indeed, the Faculty’s choice to vote in greater numbers for the proposal of Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology Theda Skocpol, which articulated regrets over Summers’ actions but also interest in reconciliation and future collaboration, indicates that there is a silver lining in the Summers storm. Moreover, many of Summers’ most fervent supporters?...
Even if neither of today’s censure motions passes, Summers will likely be forced to amend his leadership style substantially, which would give Kirby more breathing room to fulfill his responsibilities to the Faculty...
...when it still has a huge budget deficit. The 33 Democrats in the House, along with Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, plan on asking Schwarzenegger why he isn't getting more from the White House, and why he isn?t asking congressional Republicans, especially those from California, to amend the federal budget so the state gets more money. "We want to know if he is strong enough to really pull that weight for our state," says Rep. Zoe Lofgren of San Jose, the chair of California Democratic Delegation in Congress...