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...Human Rights Commission Wednesday, when the international body voted in support of Beijing to table Washington's resolution condemning Chinese abuses. Despite a U.S. lobbying campaign that began in January - and included a rare personal appearance by Secretary of State Madeleine Albright before the commission in Geneva - Beijing's motion was supported by 22 countries and opposed by only 18, with 12 abstentions...
When Burton announced the expulsion of Gattman in the April 9 meeting, it was Darling who questioned the vice president about his attendance-keeping, and Finance Committee Chair John P. Marshall '01 made the motion to allow Gattman to vote...
After middie Adam McGowan wrenched the first face-off from the center stripe, the junior moved down the left side and put the offense in motion...
Committee member Alfred B. Fantini--who at one point moved to approve the entire budget wholesale, in a motion that wasn't seconded--said he wanted to avoid public budget disputes like the one over home economics...
...Does it make sense for a motion picture actor to stand in front of a television audience and decline to accept an award because whales are being murdered?" he asked rhetorically...