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...troops in continuing hostilities. As for the U.N., its capacity at this juncture to shape the political future of Iraq is equally dubious. It has had a checkered history in Iraq, and the Iraqi parties struggling for power are not overly concerned about any international legitimacy the U.N. might confer...
...price of the rings $100 to $200 for those extravagant souls with their hearts set on the hollow tokens of remembrance. At present, class rings are sold by several vendors whose modest sales volume compels them to charge exorbitant prices. With council sponsorship, complete with an official ceremony to confer the cherished symbols of opulence, a lucky retailer would capture most of the market. In turn, they would offer better deals for students, who would generously be spared part of the cost of their own vanity...
Only the goal light didn’t go on. And referee Scott Hansen didn’t signal. So everyone kept playing until Hansen blew the whistle to confer with his linesmen...
Only the goal light didn’t go on. And referee Scott Hansen didn’t signal. So everyone kept playing until Hansen blew the whistle to confer with his linesmen...
...woman." Debate is heating up about whether the wording of their measure would also forbid civil unions, which the President said last week states should be permitted to perform. Because of language in its second sentence saying that neither states nor the Federal Government can be required to confer upon unmarried couples marital status "or the legal incidents thereof," many legal scholars say the amendment would effectively ban such unions. "If you have to guess what something means, it probably doesn't belong in the Constitution," says Evan Wolfson, executive director of the pro--gay-marriage group Freedom to Marry...