Word: controlled
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...There are a range of litmus test issues," said Fallon, a 17-year veteran at HLS. "He has been insistent that the executive branch be subject to the unitary control of the president. With respect to free speech issues, he has been very skeptical of the notion that it is permissible to restrain hate speech or sexually harassing speech without infringing on the First Amendment...
...Interim Agreement signed Oct. 23 at the Wye Plantation represents a crystallization of the asymmetries of the rights of Palestinians and Israeli Jews in the Middle East. The Wye Memorandum secures permanent Israeli control of at least 60 percent of the West Bank and limited Palestinian autonomy of at most 40 percent in the undefined future. Its stipulations regarding Israeli security severely undercut the human rights of native Palestinian inhabitants. Most fundamentally, like the Oslo Accords, it does not take into account essential components of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict...
...Oslo Accords, coupled with the Wye Memorandum, give the Palestinian Authority some of the trappings of a state, such as the right to issue stamps and the right to have a television station but denies the P.A. important rights of a state, including control over land and water, the right to make decisions about immigration and even the ability to create a healthy democratic atmosphere...
...think the damage has already been done, but we've got to work through it." He says that he intends to keep his staffing "flat" in the new year and that the company will have to do a better job in purchasing to keep its costs under control...
...conventional treatment. Typically, patients are placed in restraints, given high doses of sedatives and kept away from sharp objects. Instead, Conterio and Lader opt for tough love. They refuse to view or discuss scars with patients who enter their five-week program. They push injurers to take responsibility and control in counseling sessions, using an aggressive "Why would you do that?" approach worthy of Dr. Laura. It's a method they say has decreased serious recidivism 75%. "We help them earn back their self-respect," says Conterio. "There's a difference between caring for someone and taking care of them...