Word: assaults
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More mainstream abortion foes have chosen to assault not people, but coastitutionalism. A handful of bills are pending in Congress that would strip the Supreme Court of jurisdiction over abortion issues, returning such power to state courts and effectively overturning Roe. Billed in the name of federalism, these bills are of dubious constitutionality at best, according to most legal scholars. In their willingness to undermine the Court to achieve victory on this single issue, proponents of these bills are using a curiously radical means towards a conservative end. Other Congressional proposals that would define the constitutional meaning of "life...
...ship will operate with an aircraft carrier battle group, including attack submarines, to defend itself against air and undersea assault...
...Interstate!" The young blacks jogged toward Interstate 95, but Miami police cut them off, firing bullets overhead and tear gas. Some rioters made it to the expressway anyway. As they threw stones at panicked motorists, other blacks frantically tried to warn drivers away from the assault zone...
...scene of electrifying revulsion, Raul coaches Marjorie on how to beg for his sexual assault: "Touch my hair. My mouth. My neck . . . Now touch me down there and say you wanna make love!" In a desperate last-minute lunge, Marjorie grabs hold of a roach-killer can and sprays the chemical directly into Raul's eyes...
...find savings in the Pentagon that would cut the budget deficit. Instead, Weinberger gave too much control of the budget to the individual services, then tended to accept all the major weapons on the Pentagon's "wish list." Says Democratic Representative Albert Gore Jr., who helped lead the assault on the MX: "He's lost all credibility. Instead of Cap the Knife, he's Cap the Ladle...