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...Board members. In cases where the student might be subject to official disciplinary action, the student has the opportunity to appear before the Board, make statements, and answer any questions Board members might have. This gives the students a voice in the process and lets them participate and defend themselves in their actions...

Author: By Jay Ellison | Title: Ad Board Editorial Based on Little Evidence and Information | 11/6/2008 | See Source »

Risch defeated four rivals to fill the seat vacated by Senator Larry Craig, who retired after getting ensnarled in a sex scandal. Risch, a Republican and former lieutenant governor, ran on a tax-cut platform but had to defend himself against charges that he had ducked the Vietnam draft...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Blue Tide | 11/5/2008 | See Source »

...Dems can win that seat and successfully defend two others, they will hold a majority - five of the state's eight members of the House - of the delegation for the first time since 1966. "Democrats have been mobilizing in ways unseen before in the state," says Fred Solop, chair of the political-science department at Northern Arizona University. "They have a shot at capturing the state house for the first time since 1966." Analysts say they also have a shot at taking back the state senate, which they haven't controlled since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Arizona Is Not a Lock for McCain | 11/3/2008 | See Source »

...uncommonly complicated state that insiders divide into "The Five Ohios." Each of these five regions has its own distinct culture, its own brand of politics. Barack Obama and John McCain know this, and both candidates use different messages and tactics in each area to press their advantages and defend weak flanks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Close Contest in Ohio's Three Battlegrounds | 11/2/2008 | See Source »

...industry was expropriated from American and British companies in 1938, it was trumpeted as one of the great gains of the Mexican revolution. "The oil is ours," cheered millions in celebrations across the country alongside promises of riches for all. Seven decades later, leaders used the same slogans to defend a state oil monopoly more closed to foreign investment than even that of Cuba or Venezuela...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Opening Up Mexico's Oil to Foreigners: A First Step | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

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