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...Travel Policy Committee, which was formed by Gross in May, comes after students started an online petition in May calling for the College to amend its current system. As of yesterday, the petition had garnered signatures from 438 students, faculty, and staff...
...countries of Western Europe, only Ireland, which is 95% Roman Catholic, and tiny Malta still ban divorce. That could soon change, at least in Ireland. Prime Minister Garret FitzGerald last week announced plans for a summer referendum on whether to amend the constitution to permit couples to end their marriages legally. If voters approve, the government will seek legislation allowing husbands and wives to divorce after five years of separation...
...bill, favored 238-194, could amend the 2001 law signed by incumbent president George W. Bush, which only allows federal funding for research that uses embryonic stem cell lines established before August...
...their credit, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) interceded last week with a proposal to amend its regulations to ensure that it can properly enforce a law that prohibits “obtrusive” advertising in zero gravity. In a regulatory filing, the FAA said that, “Objects placed in orbit, if large enough, could be seen by people around the world for long periods of time...
...Dakota's John Thune, who defeated Senate minority leader Tom Daschle last year partly on a promise that his G.O.P. connections would protect Ellsworth Air Force Base, is livid that it is on the closing list. The Base Realignment and Closure Commission has until Sept. 8 to approve or amend Rumsfeld's list, and Bush and Congress must accept or reject it by the end of the year. Until then, Thune has vowed to lead the congressional fight to delay the closings and may vote against key White House legislation--bringing new meaning to the election-year tactic of playing...