Word: amends
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...Thirty-eight is a magic number because it’s the smallest integer that is more than three quarters of 50,” Tribe said, in reference to the number of states needed to amend the U.S. Constitution...
Opponents of the court’s decision were left with little recourse to prevent what would be the nation’s first gay marriage law. A convention of state legislators scheduled to convene next Wednesday could attempt to amend the constitution to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman, but the amendment could not be posed to voters until 2006 at the earliest...
...President swept the parliament - albeit by tactics condemned by foreign observers. So Putin now has the power to transform the country - but does he have the vision? Watch these crucial areas: PRESIDENT TILL 2011?: Up for re-election in March 2004, Putin insists he has no plans to amend the constitution to change the presidential term from four to seven years - or lift the two-term limit. Allies and adversaries alike predict he will. SATELLITE STATES: Putin would like to pull back into Russian orbit the small nations that broke away from the U.S.S.R. in 1991. The prize: Georgia - tiny...
...stay was a subtle invitation to the legislature to pass a Vermont-style “civil union” law—a “separate but equal” alternative to marriage. But Romney and other radicals want to go even further and amend the state constitution to ban not only same-sex marriage, but civil unions as well. Although a post-Goodridge poll showed that 53 percent of Massachusetts voters oppose such action, conservative activists are already beginning a propaganda campaign to drive the amendment through...
...producers (not to mention fans) are waiting to get their flesh pressed - and instantly collapses into bed. "Exhaustion" is the first diagnosis released to the press (a loaded word in show business, hinting at other underlying medical conditions, like way too much partying), but Spears' publicists later amend it to "flu" and then change it again to the more elaborate "flu and a severe throat infection." By any other name, though, it's costing a bundle. Press tours don't come cheap - $200,000 to half a million dollars, according to industry insiders. More expensive flu damage may come later...