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...band members insist that these initial difficulties served only to bind them closer together. They speak of their beginnings now like war veterans. Klein calls the first show “a formative moment. Everybody came together.” Knowing what they were up against, the band members redoubled their commitment to the group, vowing to procure some decent equipment and to rehearse more often and more intensely...
Some faculty, like Plummer Professor of Christian Morals Peter J. Gomes, insist that the school should retain its traditional focus on Christianity...
Activists in the New England area fought to dismiss the charges, part of a larger battle against state laws that insist SM is a form of assault...
...ranging from the Greenville County School District in South Carolina to companies like Fortune Brands. According to Spitzer, roughly $800 million of the $1.5 billion in net income Marsh earned last year came from those dicey commissions. The complaint says Marsh would sometimes promise business to one insurer but insist a competitor provide an inflated bid to create an illusion of competition--even demanding a "live body" at presentations to prospective clients...
...vote elections by January 2005. With a word, he temporarily blocked the signing of the U.S.-designed interim constitution last spring because it gave too much power to minority Kurds and too little to Islamic law. When the elected assembly drafts a permanent constitution next year, he will insist it maintains Shi'ite dominance as well as strong national unity...