Word: partially
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...coalition of law schools and professors seeking to limit military recruiters’ access to campuses won a partial victory Wednesday evening when a federal judge ruled that the group has sufficient legal standing to continue its suit against the Pentagon...
...fraternity acquired partial ownership of 43-45 Mt. Auburn St., the longtime headquarters of the now-defunct Pi Eta Speakers Club...
Antiabortion forces celebrated a victory last week when Congress passed a bill barring so-called partial-birth abortion. But many observers--Democrats as well as some conservatives--doubt that the bill (which President Bush has vowed to sign into law) will be upheld by the Supreme Court since it differs little from a Nebraska law struck down by the high court by a 5-to-4 vote in 2000. The court ruled that because the Nebraska law did not contain an exception for cases in which the mother's health is at stake, it was unconstitutional. The new measure also...
...that is true, why go through the exercise? For one thing, social conservatives feel that passing the bill--which prohibits certain abortions after partial delivery of the fetus--will give a needed boost to Bush's conservative base. But there may be another calculation. By passing a measure that seems likely to be struck down by the current court, they are increasing pressure on the President to nominate a strongly antiabortion candidate for the next Supreme Court vacancy--particularly if it's the seat of Sandra Day O'Connor, who voted with the majority in 2000. "All it would take...
While we have disagreed with their consistent support of abortion rights in the past, it is completely beyond our understanding why, unlike 70 percent of Americans, The Staff feels compelled to support partial birth abortion, a procedure that oversteps all moral and ethical limits...