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...abortion has taken a variety of forms, all of which jeopardize women's Constitutional rights. On Sept. 19, the House of Representatives voted to override President Clinton's veto of the bill banning a late-term abortion procedure commonly known as "partial-birth" abortions. While the Senate couldn't muster the required two-thirds majority to override the veto last week, the debate has brought the issue of abortion to the center of the political arena...
...this is exactly where Bradley puts Gore in a box. Bradley dismisses Gore for his caution, and all but points to the centerfield fence as he steps up to the plate. "If we can muster the will and create the technology to put a man on the moon in a decade," he declared in his poverty speech last week, "then surely...we can eliminate child poverty as we know it." Bradley at times seems less proud of his actual proposals than his sheer willingness to make them: "I believe we have the methods," he said. "The question...
...Harvard student publication reported yesterday that Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura says he would consider a bid for the Reform Party presidential nomination if the state's voters would muster behind...
...Lions (2-3, 0-2) could muster only 241 yards of total offense compared to Penn's 626. Columbia, however, still hung tough trailing only 21-17 at the break. The Lions were unable to keep pace in the shootout in the second half, though, as Penn dominated both sides of the ball...
Wilson's efforts for peace, unfortunately, were stifled by the efforts of Henry Cabot Lodge, an influential Republican senator with a personal grudge against the President. Under the influence of the isolationist Lodge, the Senate failed to muster the two-thirds vote necessary to ratify the treaty. Without the membership of the United States, the League was practically powerless...