Word: banning
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...other option besides maintaining ties with MIT's ROTC program is to cut all ties to ROTC in accordance with the Faculty's official position of opposing any ties to ROTC because of the military's ban on gays...
...certain Oklahoma churches this fall, the Christian Coalition is handing out voter guides that contain information about the positions held by the two candidates for the state's open U.S. Senate seat, James Inhofe and Dave McCurdy. Outwardly unbiased and factual, the voter guide says McCurdy, a Democrat, supports "banning ownership of legal firearms," a fairly misleading statement based on McCurdy's vote for the crime bill, which included a ban on 19 types of assault weapons...
...also running against his own record on national issues. His past two years of shepherding through Congress the programs of an unpopular Democratic President have taken their toll on Foley's standing in a district where most people generally vote Republican. Foley's efforts to pass an assault-weapons ban have provoked the National Rifle Association, which had once awarded him its Defender of Freedom award, to run TV ads against him. Also weighing in is Illinois-based Americans for Limited Terms, which is outraged over Foley's lawsuit to overturn his own state's term-limit initiative. All told...
South Korea today announced that it wants to do business with its one-time arch enemy and neighbor to the north. The South Korean government says it's lifting a 50-year-old ban on direct trade with and investment in North Korea because of theOctober nuke deal brokered by the U.S. The new trade opportunity gives South Korean businesses access to cheap labor and North Korea a flood of previously unavailable consumer goods. What's more, the initiative suggests that the two countries are finally ready to end their battles, says TIME State Department correspondentJ.F.O. McAllister. "There's been...
...violent criminals where they belong--in jail. He has supported legislation that makes it easier for the police to intervene in cases of domestic violence. He supports the death penalty for extreme crimes, such as the murder of police officers. And he favors tough gun control legislation, including a ban on assault weapons...