Word: charter
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...moment, though, the long-xenophobic country prefers to stress its openness. In Beijing, ads in the China Daily have been singing, "You are welcome to visit Pyongyang." Since April, charter flights have been scheduled to bring in tourists from Hong Kong. "Tell your friends," a guide urges, "British, American, Japanese, that they are welcome to visit! Many Western enemies say our country is 'closed,' but anyone who is genuinely interested in Korea is welcome." Maybe North Korea should tell the world of its new policy? "We tell," he says, a little plaintively, "but they say, 'Propaganda...
...amendment to the city ordinance on laboratory animals, which would make the LD-50 and Draize eye tests illegal, was charter-righted last Monday by Councillor Sheila T. Russell, who said she wanted the council to "have a chance to really look it over and see what it means...
...member of the council has the option to "charter-right" or delay discussion of any business until the next council meeting...
Weiler said that more changes came during the second period, from the early '70s until the mid '80s. During this time, more states accepted the notion that the community's powers extend beyond those spelled out in the original charter. As a result, he said, authority was slowly transferred from the states to the community...
Doctors throughout Africa recognize the harmful effects of female circumcision but feel powerless to stop a practice so entrenched in custom and tradition. Many organizations are campaigning against it, and the new African Charter on the Rights of Children includes items condemning circumcision. Governments in Sudan and elsewhere have passed laws against it, but they are seldom enforced...