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...Roberts Court so far is better known for making symbolic mountains out of real-life molehills. Roberts' first written dissent, published six months after he joined the court, seemed to accuse the majority of making the world safe for wife beaters. The case at hand dealt with a fillip in the vast edifice of Fourth Amendment law governing police searches. To wit: What if a husband and wife are together at their home and the wife invites the police in to search for her husband's drug paraphernalia but the husband says no? Is the consent of just one spouse...
...orderly, fair election in Nigeria would give a mighty fillip to the democratic project in Africa. The transfer of power from one elected President to another would also be a first for Nigeria. If all goes well, an important test will have been passed, an important example set. But already there is widespread fraud and violence, and if the result is contested by substantial numbers of voters, the turmoil will affect the whole continent. Nigeria is not just its most populated country, it is the big brother of West Africa...
...know. But we do know that for political purposes that really use national security to score political points and to protect decisions and decision makers material was declassified." Hunt asked Clinton, "You're convinced that your husband never engaged in any similar leaks." She replied, with a playful fillip, "Not that I'm aware of. Look, everybody leaks...
...look at the cleft between its institutions and the poor, alienated people tucked away in its exurban housing projects. The worst of the dilapidated high-rises in Clichy-sous-Bois are slated for destruction later this year. There and elsewhere in the banlieues, there has been a post-rioting fillip in voter registration, suggesting to Siby that change can come through the ballot box. But like most other people in the banlieues, he's wary of politicians and their promises. The Intercultural Social Center, where Siby volunteers to help kids with their homework, is still waiting for one-third...
...policy will take various factors into account when evaluating physicians groups, including patient surveys, exit interviews with patients who are switching doctors, as well as the quality of preventative care. Groups that perform well will receive a bonus of up to 10 percent of their quarterly payments - a fillip that was previously linked to much money the group had saved...