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...public is divided on the issue of abortion, especially regarding abortions that take place early in the pregnancy. I personally believe that life begins at conception, but I understand that to a lot of people, a fertilized egg is just a mass of cells. However, when it comes to partial-birth abortion, which involves partially delivering a 5-6 month old fetus before killing it, it is very difficult for me to stomach any argument for why such a procedure should ever be permitted, except to preserve the health of the mother. In 2000 the Supreme Court ruled in favor...
Indeed, other states -- Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee -- have introduced bills this year to ban most abortions. The Supreme Court may soon reveal which way it's leaning. It has agreed to hear a case challenging late-term, or "partial birth," abortions. The court last weighed in on this topic in 2000, narrowly striking down a ban on the procedure. The swing vote: Sandra Day O'Connor...
...plans. Chief among their concerns is privacy; Hilles’ ductwork is built into its cement superstructure and, according to McLoughlin, modifying that system is impossible. As a result, the construction of floor-to-ceiling walls for student offices is unfeasible. The solution settled upon by University Hall is partial walls between offices that create private enclosures without jeopardizing the liveability of the space. The lack of solid walls, groups like the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgendered and Supporters Alliance (BGLTSA) and The Harvard Salient have complained, could jeopardize the privacy so central to their operations...
...perhaps they shouldn't have. At a time when the Bush Administration is pushing nuclear power as a partial solution to the nation's current energy woes, the fact that the accidents happened as far back as 1996 but were only recently disclosed highlighted what critics view as glaring weaknesses in the federal government's oversight of nuclear energy. So it was that earlier this week, just hours after the emergency at the LaSalle County nuclear plant and loud complaints from Republican Congressman Jerry Weller of Illinois, the NRC decided to launch a wide probe of all nuclear power operations...
Anne Lauvergeon had high hopes that the French nuclear-energy company she heads would be the big state-owned firm slated for partial privatization last year. She and her colleagues at Paris-based Areva had prepared all the official paperwork for a public offering and lobbied the government hard to be next in line to go public. Her insistence ruffled some feathers, especially in the Finance Ministry, according to people familiar with the behind-the-scenes maneuvering. But last November she officially lost her battle when the government sold $7.6 billion of shares in Electricité de France (EDF), the huge...