Word: partiality
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...given life issue, as many as 70 House Democrats will vote against abortion. According to a June 2002 Gallup poll, only 25 percent of Americans support the Democratic Party’s plank that abortion should be available on demand. The Senate’s refusal to bring the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act for a vote before the election brought opponents of abortion from both parties to the polls in droves. When most Democratic candidates support abortion, however, you can easily guess the results...
...Partial list of who I’m not: Jay Williams, black male, senior in Mather House, about 6’2”, thin build, from Buffalo, New York, once spent a summer freeing slaves in the Sudan...
...calling an early election. SOUTH ASIA Climbing Down The months-long face-off between India and Pakistan looked to be easing after both countries announced they would withdraw some of the estimated 1 million troops amassed at their common border. A Pakistan Foreign Ministry statement described India's partial withdrawal as "a step in the right direction." But Indian Defense Minister George Fernandes said "there will be no lowering of vigil" in Kashmir. Fernandes also ruled out any talks with Pakistan in the immediate future. BURMA Lost Childhood Human Rights Watch accused Burma's army of forcing children into military...
...without risk of filibuster. With Orrin Hatch running the Judiciary Committee, the President's tort-reform measures will easily make it to the floor; if Richard Shelby takes over Banking from Paul Sarbanes, expanded federal oversight becomes less likely. Republican priorities like Bush's energy plan, missile defense, a partial-birth-abortion ban and continued tax cutting all stand a stronger chance of passage...
Gene combinations containing two forms of genes that offer partial protection against malaria were found to be statistically common in African populations but absent in populations outside the continent...