Word: capitulationism
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If the court does actually throw the law out, it would provide de Villepin a convenient way to defuse the crisis without backing down Once passed by parliament, laws can only be derailed if ruled unconstitutional, reversed by new legislation or if they are blocked by a president citing a...
It's all going to blow up." this prophecy, which often comes up in French conversations, suggests that we understand our own history. Indeed, in France - where the word consensus is not exactly common usage, and the word reformist is considered an insult - confrontation always seems inevitable. Whether the First...
Anti--abortion-rights activists say they are deeply disappointed by the about-face. "It's a capitulation to the strong-arm tactics of the abortion lobby," says Wendy Wright, president of Concerned Women for America, a Christian public-policy group.
Pro-abortion-rights advocates embraced the company?s decision as a significant step in expanding quick, convenient access. ?We?re thrilled-we think this is a great first step for Wal-Mart,? says Dianne Luby of Planned Parenthood of Massachusetts, which had filed suit against the company to force it...
I wish President Summers had given his friends some time to work to dispel the cloud of caricature and misrepresentation, but it seems that the Harvard Corporation, despite its admirable and proper defense of Summers against his detractors, may have concluded that even a fair fight would do us more...