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WASHINGTON—Amid the heated debate surrounding a key military recruitment case argued before the Supreme Court, a small but fiery group of protesters braved the frigid winter weather here yesterday to voice their opinions on the Solomon Amendment. On a sidewalk adjacent to the icy steps of the U.S. Supreme Court, activists from a political hodgepodge of advocacy groups congregated to express their views on the Solomon Amendment, the statute at the center of the Rumsfeld v. FAIR case argued at the high court yesterday. But over the course of the morning and afternoon, groups of protesters never...
WASHINGTON—Amid the heated debate surrounding a key military recruitment case argued before the Supreme Court, a small but fiery group of protesters braved the frigid winter weather here today to voice their opinions on the Solomon Amendment...
...that the house collapsed when fire crews removed the second floor in an attempt to prevent the walls from caving in. Harvard has not determined the extent of the damage, Wrinn said, and has not decided what it will do with the property. The cold temperature—a frigid 12 degrees—also affected the operation, reported Gialanis. Two firemen were sent to Mt. Auburn hospital after slipping on the ice. The injuries were not life-threatening, but will put the firefighters out of commission for weeks. Neighbors expressed shock at the tragedy...
...accident in China's frigid, northeastern industrial belt was well covered in the local and national media, as TV news aired dramatic footage. Officials moved fast and evacuated roughly 40,000 residents living near the plant. At midnight, 10 hours after the blasts, the vice party secretary of the plant, which is owned by New York Stock Exchange-listed PetroChina Co., announced that people shouldn't worry about the orange cloud. "The explosion," he said, "did not cause toxic air pollution...
...Taipei, challenges included diving into the frigid Taipei harbor, swimming out 200 meters, climbing a rope, and “gladiator-combating” another contestant. Another dare involved shimmying out on a 10-meter metal pole off a 30-story building above a freeway to retrieve a flag...