Word: overly
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Though narrow in scope, the bill carried symbolic importance in the widening political struggle over the abortion issue, and proponents took their loss with a vow to keep the president's feet to the fire. But Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) called it "a decisive victory for the pro...
The vote, in which 42 Republicans joined 189 Democrats in the unsuccessful bid to enact the bill over the president's veto, left intact an 8-year-old ban of federal financing of abortions for poor women, except when their lives are threatened.
A tentative Harvard Parking Office plan to redirect Yard traffic from Johnston Gate to Widener Gate has touched off a dispute between two unions over the employment of security guards who may be terminated in the move, a union leader said this week.
"We felt the large vehicles detracted from the attractive and historical area as well as pose a health hazard for the over--populated Yard," Vautin said. "We also felt the extensive traffic caused significant expense to yearly maintenance."
By now the dominion of the camera is total -- the trap for facts has snared the world. Photography has mapped every inch of creation, laying over it a fabric of images that can obscure the underlying realities or throw them into greater relief. Because every patch of earth, no matter...