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...escort since the conservative government barred it on Aug. 27. But Rebecca Gomperts, head of Women on Waves, the group that runs the boat and had planned to distribute the RU-486 abortion pill on board, said it accomplished its main objective of "bringing the abortion issue to the fore." The Borndiep's offshore stay certainly made headlines - helped by Gomperts' appearance on Portuguese TV to explain how to induce an abortion using over-the-counter medicines. Abortion in Portugal is banned except in very limited circumstances, although an estimated 20,000 to 40,000 women have illegal terminations each...
BUSH I think that a President must listen and take into account the advice of a lot of people. And I do. I've got a smart Administration. One of your jobs, of course, is to find out all the little tensions and bring them to the fore. But it's all part of decision making. See, that's what this job is. It's essential that the world and the country see a resolute nature. Leaders set a vision, they listen, they make decisions, and they lead. People will tell you I'm open-minded. But I can decide...
...Sometimes no amount of grunt is sufficient, bringing powder monkey Cannell (he prefers the term shot firer) to the fore. A Tasmanian miner who decided 20 years ago that the notion of cutting one's hair and beard was "bulls____," Cannell is a key player because early attempts by Archer's helpers at using explosives were a mixture of dangerous and comical. Once or twice, recalls Archer, in the minutes after a failed detonation, he crept toward the explosive "not 100% certain that it wasn't about to go off." Other times, they used too much of a too-powerful...
...resulting movie, Salaam Bombay!, was Nair’s 1988 debut feature film. It tells the story of the hand-to-mouth existence of a group of street kids in Bombay, bringing Nair to the fore of the public’s attention and earning her an Oscar nomination. Nair went on to prove with her subsequent films that her success was no mere beginner’s luck...
...wave of anthrax strikes that followed Sept. 11 brought concerns about biological terrorism to the fore, and the government responded by attempting to seal off the information channels through which biological information could be turned against the nation...