Word: appealling
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...unusual nature of the trusts is likely to become a factor in Round 2 of the Big Three appeal for federal aid and could potentially present a conundrum for President-elect Obama. When retiree health care was just a deal between the automakers and the UAW, they decided who would get retirement-health-care benefits and who wouldn't. But now that taxpayers may be asked to finance the automakers' survival, the future funding of the trusts becomes a public issue. As one Detroit insider notes, "On the one hand, [Obama] doesn't want to take health care away from...
...guilty of funneling some $12 million to Hamas. A jury convicted the group on 108 criminal counts, including money-laundering--a resounding victory for the Bush Administration in the biggest terrorism-funding case since 9/11. The defendants maintained that Holy Land is a humanitarian organization, and say they will appeal the verdict...
...administration's case against five Algerians (first detained in Bosnia) was too weak to prevent their release. The hearing followed a June Supreme Court ruling giving the men the right to argue against their detention in court. In a rare move, Judge Richard Leon urged the government not to appeal the verdict, saying the men, who have been imprisoned for seven years, should be released "forthwith." (A sixth defendant was ruled an "enemy combatant" who should stay in government custody. He is appealing.) TIME spoke to one of the case's lead defense attorneys, Stephen Oleskey, about the actual cost...
...despite the good news for gays contained in the ruling, the decision is hardly the last word on the issue. The state has vowed to appeal, and the issue is likely to end up before the Florida Supreme Court, which upheld the ban once before in 1995. On the federal level, the U.S. Supreme Court has already let stand lower court rulings that upheld Florida's law, the nation's strictest ban on gay adoption. (See a video on the backlash against gay marriage in Florida...
Over the course of this year’s campaign, my grandparents—despite their unfortunate racist inclinations—were particularly happy with Barack Obama, then candidate and now President-elect. For them, his appeal didn’t lie with his denunciation of the war in Iraq, his plan for universal healthcare, or even his promise to reinvigorate the economy. Rather, it was his stance on the Armenian Genocide, of which my grandparents were victims, that won them over: “America deserves a leader who speaks truthfully about the Armenian Genocide and responds forcefully...