Word: moratorium
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...attack on the Texas death row has been characterized as an attack on Bush and lost amid the general election-year hubbub. Fixing a justice system that takes innocent lives should not be a political issue, as the Republican governor of Illinois, George Ryan, showed when he declared a moratorium on executions in his state. Rather than the political aspirations of a governor, the focus of public attention to the death penalty must be those human lives threatened by a system that is manifestly unjust...
...rest of us when one team keeps hogging the spotlight. The Yankees have too much money - not that the Mets are exactly scraping the bottom of the barrel, but the Yanks have this aura of wealth that I find unispiring. If I had my way, there'd be a moratorium on World Series until the year when two economically struggling teams clawed their way up to the championship. The Pirates, for example, and maybe the Minnesota Twins...
Galluccio said that despite the other councillor votes for the moratorium, he said he hopes discussion will still continue on the proposal...
University officials could not be reached for comment on the passage of moratorium...
Jack Prescott Loose, who authored the moratorium, said he also hopes an open dialogue will continue between residents and the University...