Word: dissenting
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...Given the acrimony, the U.N.'s decision to delay the conference may turn out to be farsighted. And while Iraqis have a long way to go before they see the actual fruits of democracy, there is in all the jostling, jockeying and dissent the stirrings of political change. Though some Iraqi officials criticized the delay?"It is time for the U.N. to get off its goddam high horse," groused one?others saw the chaos and confusion as a positive sign. "I don't consider the delay a failure, but a success," says Sayyid Ayaad Jumaluddin...
...that may not last. A senior Thompson adviser, Donald Henderson--who ran the World Health Organization program that eradicated smallpox worldwide in the 1970s--told TIME last week that civilian inoculations are no longer necessary. "We don't need to vaccinate the first responders," he said. Top-level dissent could be the beginning of the end for the controversial program...
...arguably need the money more - so you can see Schreyer's point. But last week Britain refused to budge, calling the rebate "unnegotiable." The dissent has teeth: Britain has the power to veto any proposed changes to the structure of E.U. funding. "I suspect the U.K. will be able to retain the rebate," says Robert Prior-Wandesforde, a European economist at HSBC. Last week the European Commission also celebrated a court ruling confirming that members must abide by the stability and growth pact, which mandates that euro-zone countries keep deficits under 3% of GDP. Germany and France - the euro...
...avoid serving—“Any government that would send my peers to an unjustified conflict overseas,” went one favorite, “does not deserve my participation.” My voir dire would be my bully pulpit, a chance to proclaim my dissent in ringing tones, overheard and applauded by dozens of Manhattanites. Plus, I wanted to get out early and buy cheap earrings from the vendors on Canal Street...
...Over 20 years of sentencing reform are all but lost, and tens of thousands of criminal judgments are in jeopardy." SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR, in a dissent to the court's 5-4 ruling that judges may not increase a convict's sentence based on facts not already established by a jury. The ruling casts doubt on the constitutionality of 20-year-old federal sentencing guidelines...