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...registration drive began during first-year course registration, when students could register and obtain an absentee ballot at Robinson Hall...

Author: By Anne K. Kofol, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: IOP Enlists They Might Be Giants in Voter Registration Drive | 10/6/2000 | See Source »

...were forced to treat with Africans as equals. The plantations were established in the Americas instead, and the expensive transatlantic slave was necessary to bring them labor. In this sense the slave trade was a result of African strength. Europeans bought slaves, they did not obtain them through European-led raids...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERVIEW: David Eltis | 10/5/2000 | See Source »

...legislature, not the governor's office, that pushed to extend Medicaid's reach. In 1995 lawmakers sought to widen the net to an additional 303,000 kids by expanding eligibility to families at 133 percent of the poverty level. First, the state had to obtain approval from Washington. It sent its plan within the statutory deadline and received a response from federal officials, who asked the usual large number of questions. But instead of a prompt follow-up, Bush's regulators waited nearly a year to submit a revised version. Another volley of paperwork continued until August 1997, when Congress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tax Cuts Before Tots | 10/2/2000 | See Source »

While Boston began work toward compliance with the Clean Water Act, the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC) repeatedly applied for waivers from the EPA, under a clause stating that coastal communities whose pollution did no environmental harm could obtain exemptions from...

Author: By James P. Mcfadden, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Safe Harbor | 9/29/2000 | See Source »

What Bush has done is sign into law an NRA backed bill that allows almost any Texan who is not a felon to obtain a concealed carry license and carry concealed handguns into churches, amusement parks and even schools. Bush still staunchly defends the law despite polls showing that less than a majority of Texans support it. Last year, he signed into law another NRA backed bill banning Texas cities and counties from bringing lawsuits against the firearm industry. In a recent survey of state gun laws, Texas ranked 45th in the nation, having some of the weakest gun control...

Author: By Xiao Wu, | Title: Shooting for the Presidency | 9/26/2000 | See Source »

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