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...against Syrian opponents, and to deploy no missiles in Lebanon. Helicopters were not mentioned. Dinitz added that it was left up to the U.S. to convey the terms to Syria. "Since it was not a formal agreement with the Syrians," Dinitz added, "there was no indication from them of consent to it. But we made it clear that we would not tolerate any breach of those terms." By this account, it would appear that Syria had not violated Israel's own red line when it used helicopters in Lebanon. Once the helicopters were shot down, the Syrians moved...
Dershowitz said Dworkin blurred the line "between the exploitation of women against their will and the use of women with their consent...
...civil divorce from him in 1958 for bigamy and a subsequent Greek Orthodox divorce. Be cause she was only 18 at the time of the marriage, she could also seek an annulment for "lack of due discretion," on grounds that she lacked sufficient judgment to consent to matrimony...
Last week eight provincial premiers, including the emboldened Lévesque met in Ottawa to unveil their counterproposal for a "constitutional accord." At the insistence of Lévesque, the premiers approved a provision that would legally require the unanimous consent of provincial governments for some federal initiatives and allow provinces to opt out of others altogether. Both measures, of course, would ensure continued provincial leverage over the federal government?precisely what Trudeau is trying to avoid. Ironically, the premiers' initiative had been undercut the day before, when Quebec's supreme court became the second to approve the legality of Trudeau...
...candelabras now and the rows of empty bottles. Prospect had electric lights and beer tonight. Somehow the number dwindles to 35 as the discouraging hours pass, then 6 give way and trudge toward Prospect, and another 6 are placed as a few clubs each make the sacrifice and each consent to admit one lone 100 percenter (there to be pariah or sycophant for who knows how long). Above, in the library, like secret Teutonic Norns, the ICC meets in constant absolutely closed session, omnipotently spinning fate. Below them, 23 100 percenters remain, half of them Jewish. In Valhalla's lofty...