Word: partisans
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...application was complete. The FDA is supposed to be a nonpartisan agency, and its role is to gauge the safety of drugs based upon scientific research. Its role is not, in any capacity, to judge drugs along party lines. It appears that the decision concerning this drug was partisan, because the decision to keep Plan B off the shelves was made by the highest-ranking members of the FDA before the scientific reviews were complete. In response to the GAO’s allegations, the FDA said that they did indeed base their decision on scientific proof. Dr. Steven Galson...
...proved to be a mixed blessing for both himself and the state of Florida. For all his genuine accomplishments in such areas as school accountability, economic diversification and management of the state's explosive growth over his seven years in office, Bush has too often been tripped up by partisan plays. There was his much criticized role in the 2000 election recount, but he also looked desperate, fighting to keep Terri Schiavo alive earlier this year and suddenly supporting a G.O.P. congressional plan to allow oil drilling 125 miles off the coast of Florida. Whether his latest proposal, to move...
...observation that many ethnic groups end up focusing extensively on social or cultural aspects. Students also remarked that a wide variety of opinions exist within individual ethnic organizations, making unilateral political action difficult. Because of such diversity of opinion, ethnic organizations are often reluctant to align themselves with partisan organizations such as the Dems or Harvard College Republicans, said Sarah L. Paiji ’06, co-president of the Harvard-Radcliffe Asian American Association. Individual participation of minority students is also a concern for political organizations such as the Dems, students said, pointing out that they tend...
...that he wasn't a big, scary liberal," Eichenbaum said. "We're trying to show voters that God isn't a Republican." Kaine echoed that in his acceptance speech: "We proved that faith in God is a value for all, and that we can all share, regardless of our partisan label...
...sure thing as possible on hot-button issues like abortion, the death penalty and the roles of religion and race in American society. But like John Roberts, the Bush Supreme Court nominee who sailed through confirmation hearings in September, the unassuming, affable Alito is far from the partisan flamethrower Democrats were itching to fight over...