Word: charter
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Probably the most embarrassed over the missing text is Pennsylvania, which will be host of the bicentennial celebration of the charter's ratification in Philadelphia next year. "We have no idea what happened to our copy," says the state's head archivist, Harry Whipkey. Next-door Delaware can't provide a copy either; like Maryland, Delaware returned its version to the Federal Government after the Bill of Rights' ratification. So Philadelphia officials are now contemplating crossing the Delaware to see if they can borrow New Jersey's original for the festivities...
When a small, weak nation is incapable of defending itself, other capable, righteous nations have a legal right under the U.N. charter and a moral obligation to defend it. To say it is not our land that has been invaded and therefore it is not our problem is the attitude of antipathy toward a crime committed against someone else. It is just like saying, "Let's not worry about murders, robberies or drug problems in other neighborhoods as long as my neighborhood is safe...
...Undergraduate Council Chair Evan B. Rauch '91-'92, on the council's proposal to charter a shuttle bus to Logan Airport to assist students in their homeward treks. The bus would pick up students from Johnston Gate every two hours from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on December...
...last week's Paris summit of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), "unless the split into a rich and a poor Europe, an A-class and a B-class Europe, is overcome." The leaders of the 34 states at the conference concluded by signing the Charter of Paris, a treaty marking the end of the cold war and the beginning of a new Europe committed to "prosperity through economic liberty and social justice...
George Bush -- after nearly 17,000 miles, six countries, a sweeping accord to reduce conventional arms in Europe, a 34-nation peace charter, a dozen speeches, untold private diplomatic understandings, a quart or two of ceremonial champagne, at least 25 clean shirts, eye contact with nearly a million people and G.I. turkey in the Saudi desert (twice) -- came home to roost (certainly not rest) for the weekend. He sent his laundry out, had Air Force One fueled again (53,611 gal.) and got ready to head for Mexico this week...