Word: lifting
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...offer his services to the rescue effort. Others, like David Huyssen and Manhattan native Jordan R. Berkow 03, who went to New York with the anticipation of helping out, understand why volunteers are being turned away. There was just nothing I could do. If I could, Id go and lift rubble and pick up debris, but they just dont need anyone, says Berkow...
...President's speech laid down principles for a broad-based coalition against terrorism. Building and maintaining that coalition clearly involves certain policy changes for the U.S. Moves are currently underway in Congress to lift many of the sanctions that had been imposed on Pakistan in response to its nuclear testing, the objective being to shore up the military government of General Pervez Musharraf in the face of a domestic backlash against his support for Washington's drive to get Bin Laden. Also, the Bush administration has plainly assumed a more activist role in knocking together Israeli and Palestinian heads...
...shock and anger following the terrorist attack has also resulted in calls to lift the longstanding American policy against state-sponsored covert assassinations. A ban on covert assassinations of foreign leaders was first imposed by President Gerald Ford in 1976, and an executive order signed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981 prohibits direct or indirect involvement in assassinations...
...least, we cannot say that this is a turning point, because we do not know what we are turning toward. All that we can say is that it is a moment of truth, a moment when certain things become clear, when the illusions and prejudices that cloud our gazes lift ever-so-briefly, to reveal the reality beyond...
Freshman Alisha Moran scored her first collegiate goal to lift the Crimson (1-1) to its first victory of the season in a 1-0 thriller over Central Connecticut State...