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...don’t get the injunction, we plan to appeal immediately to the Third Circuit,” Greenfield said...
Since coming into office, President George W. Bush has gradually taken steps to weaken Roe. The most recent erosion has been the decision to renominate several anti-abortion judicial nominees including Charles Pickering and Priscilla Owen—both of whom were nominated to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and both rejected by the Democratic-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee last year. Even though Pickering advocated the passage of a Constitutional amendment banning abortion and Owen ruthlessly condemned pregnant minors for seeking abortions without parental consent, Bush still stands by his choices today...
Josh is brisk and businesslike, a Crimson editor who spent his Friday nights in college studying at the library, while Ryan, a product of the final club circuit, is pigeonholed as a privileged party boy, tripping over his loafers as he attempts to match Josh’s pace in the West Wing’s halls...
...video-game circuit operates much like pro tennis'. Gamers qualify for top-tier events by competing in smaller tourneys either individually or as part of a team. Organizers prefer teams because they draw more fans--crucial for an event trying to sell itself as a spectator sport. Purses are relatively modest, at least by pro-baseball standards. A World Cyber Games winner might get $20,000--less than what the Texas Rangers pay shortstop Alex Rodriguez for two innings...
...whistle ... The prison whistle shrieks. Clang! go the steel cellblock doors. This is Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison. The performance, which took place last January, resulted in one of the most original and compelling pop albums of the year. Country singer Cash ... is a big favorite in the penitentiary circuit. 'We bring the prisoners a ray of sunshine in their dungeon,' he says, 'and they're not ashamed to respond' ... Cash ... sings with granite conviction and mordant wit about sadness, pain, loneliness and hard luck ... The Folsom album was made when Cash, after six years of trying, finally convinced Columbia...