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...These would be works which were by common consent necessary to the education of civilized people," Mansfield says. "They would include non-Western works not merely because they are non-Western, but because they are good or great...
...Senate, many of the party's theorists feel they have the power--and the rightful mandate--to implement the ideals of a conservative revolution that lost its focus in recent years. So they have been not so quietly pursuing a historic change in the ambiguous "advise and consent" role the Constitution gives the Senate in the selection of federal judges. The successful assault by Democrats on Ronald Reagan's nomination of Robert Bork for the Supreme Court helped open the way for what has become a more partisan and ideological examination of all judicial nominees...
...American Adoption Congress in Dallas this month, prompting a standing ovation. The congress is one of several groups seeking to overturn laws, currently in effect in most of Canada and the U.S., that protect the privacy of birth parents and prevent their children from contacting them without prior consent. In 1995 Tennessee opened its records on all adoptions before 1951, and six other states are discussing disclosure bills. An alliance including privacy advocates, adoption agencies and lawyers from Pat Robertson's organization opposes the change, arguing that many reunions are traumatic and disruptive for the parent, and that the lack...
...hate to put it this way," the doctor said rather cheerfully as he handed me a consent form, "but you're the ideal candidate for heart bypass surgery...
...Senate has not focused on the issue yet, but everyone expects a real fight for 67 votes, the two-thirds necessary to give the Senate's advice and consent. There is already a group of opposed or concerned Senators from both parties, including Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas and Democrats Tom Harkin of Iowa and Patrick Leahy of Vermont...