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Tonight's vote could bring to an end a process which began on Sept. 12, 1997, when the council gave its go-ahead for a rezoning plan to be developed by the Planning Board...
...people killed when a French airliner was shot down over Niger in 1989; six Libyan officers, including Gaddafi's brother-in-law, received life sentences in absentia from a French court in 1999 for that attack. An investigative judge, Jean-Louis Brugui?re, was given the go-ahead late last year to pursue Gaddafi for "complicity in voluntary homicide," complicating France's advocacy for an end to sanctions against Libya. French government authorities, claiming that Gaddafi is immune from prosecution as a head of state, have appealed that judgment to the country's highest court, which will begin hearing...
...markets didn't get much out of the testimony, just a mild rally. But George W. Bush got more than enough sound bites out of the day's hearings to get his go-ahead - maybe more than he was expecting. But he also got some clear parameters as to how the tax cut ought to be done - and what sort of rhetoric should properly accompany it. The Democrats are still looking for ways to kill the cut's momentum, and Sen. Hillary Clinton, in full-on, uncoiffed, out-of-the-spotlight mode, talked about a "balanced approach" and "necessary spending...
...prices, Neve was going to have to shell out more than $160,000 in December to keep his rose plants warm, at least five times as much as he spent a year ago; instead, he turned off his heaters and watched the temperature in his 360-sq.-ft. greenhouse drop as low as 40[degrees], which has left his roses in as sorry shape as his shrinking bottom line. Then late last week Neve, like so many Californians, got another nasty shock: to help prop up its two largest, ailing utilities, the state gave the go-ahead to raise electricity...
Morrison was responsible for the go-ahead goal as well, notching an even strength goal just over one minute later. A hectic three-shot cycle followed the Tigers' second tally, as Colorado forwards danced around Harvard's flailing defense...