Word: motioning
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...About That Election As a Spanish citizen, I am appalled by the persistent conclusion by some that the terrorists won the Spanish elections [March 29]. The bomb attacks simply set in motion a series of events that added up to defeat for Prime Minister Jos? Mar?a Aznar, beginning with his government's effort to blame the bombings on the Basque terrorists of ETA and to rule out al-Qaeda. This arrogance and cynicism insulted the very essence of democracy by blotting out the truth. If ETA had been responsible for the attacks, Aznar's party would have won, because...
...particularly disturbed by the coverage of last Monday’s meeting (News, “Fee Hike Moves Forward,” April 13). For example, it was not mentioned in the article that Council President Matt Mahan made an unprecedented motion to allow council members to leave before the end of the meeting without falling victim to the council’s strict attendance policy. This was a clear attempt to stifle debate on the Green Grants Bill by holding a meeting with as few council members present as possible...
Furthermore, the article’s characterization of my actions is severely lacking. It does not note, for example, that although I myself did jokingly call for my own censure, no “motion to censure” was made or seconded. The article also does not acknowledge that, far from attempting to “disrupt” the meeting, I gave a speech on Green Grants powerful enough to have its time doubled by a vote from the floor. My “disruptions” were limited to trying to ensure that the rules of procedure...
...awards than any other commercial in the world. Gondry, often self-critical when discussing dreams, or love, or his films, turns superconfident when talking about his video work, compiled on a richly varied dvd that was released last fall. But the scope and narrative demands of a full-length motion picture meant his first big-screen venture would inevitably be tougher - it was critically panned, even by him. "I had issues with it," Gondry says of Human Nature, about a man raised as an ape. He declines to elaborate, apart from saying the Kaufman-written film, starring Patricia Arquette...
Judge Grabau said yesterday he will hear arguments on this motion after he rules on the current motion to suppress evidence...