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Although Chaudhry initially cooperated with Musharraf, he has since challenged some of Musharraf’s decisions. In March, Musharraf fired Chaudhry from his position as chief justice. A public outcry prompted the supreme court to overturn Musharraf and reinstate the chief justice...

Author: By Sarah B. Schechter, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HLS Honors Chief Justice of Pakistan | 11/15/2007 | See Source »

...than that, a mishmash of competing needs and moods and clashing emotions, better understood by the people in the thick of them than by anyone standing outside. Yet millenniums of families would swear by the power of birth order to shape the adults we eventually become. Science may yet overturn the whole theory, but for now, the smart money says otherwise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Power of Birth Order | 10/17/2007 | See Source »

...groundbreaking state health care plan he passed. Asked in a recent debate if he'd seek congressional authorization to take out Iran's nuclear facilities, he responded, "Well, you sit down with your attorneys..." For a Republican, that's something like a Democrat saying, "Well, maybe we should overturn Roe v. Wade and turn abortion over to the states." Also, he is a Mormon, which many religious conservatives consider a cult. Fred Thompson seems to be performing a quarter-hearted presidential-campaign drop-by, living proof that not all actors can play charming. He's another divorc?, and was once...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: McCain Is Back | 10/17/2007 | See Source »

...Davis, 38, a former coach in the Savannah Police Athletic League who had signed up for the Marines, was sentenced to die in 1991 after being convicted of killing Mark Allen MacPhail, an off-duty police officer, in a Savannah parking lot. His fight to overturn his conviction has been hampered by a cut by the federal government in state defender organizations' funding, as well as by the passage of the restrictive AEDPA...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stay of Execution for Georgia Man | 7/16/2007 | See Source »

...Inslee, a Washington Democrat, has introduced a bill that would effectively overturn the CRB royalty rate increase. House Small Business Committee Chair Nydia Velaquez, a New York Democrat, however, maintained that the answer to this dilemma should not be found in Congress and that the parties should try to reach a compromise. SoundExchange, for its part, says that it has offered small webcasters (those with revenues of under $1.2 million) a subsidy that would extend the current, revenue-based agreement until 2010. Yet webcasters, still hoping for a more beneficial outcome, have also petitioned the DC Circuit Court of Appeals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Last Stand of Internet Radio? | 6/30/2007 | See Source »

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