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...rights and benefits associated with traditional marriage, including inheritance rights, tax breaks, family leave benefits, the power to make medical decisions for a spouse and immunity from testifying against a spouse in court. There is no Vermont residency requirement to obtain such a license, so although the partnership will not be recognized in other states, out-of-state couples can symbolically validate their unions there...
...grew up convinced that my parents' partnership grew out of a common, materialistic goal - a shared desperation to leave behind the rural poverty they had grown up with - rather than a desire to spend the rest of their lives with one another. They weren't high-school sweethearts like the parents of the girl who lived across the street. They didn't elope and get married in Las Vegas like the parents of my best friend in high school. They didn't celebrate their anniversaries with fancy dinners, diamonds that last forever or romantic getaways. When friends asked...
Governor A. Paul Cellucci demanded Kerasiotes' resignation after a stinging federal report criticized the Big Dig chief. The Federal Highway Administration accused Kerasiotes of "intentionally withholding knowledge" of budget overruns and breaching the integrity of the federal/state highway development partnership. In addition to recommending that more financial accountability rest at the federal level, the report designated the turnpike authority and the Massachusetts Highway Department as "high-risk" agencies, a slap in the face to a governor who routinely touts his fiscal prudence...
...Sheik Abbas Musawi, in 1992. In a 90-minute interview, Nasrallah strongly emphasizes Hizballah's commitment to working within the political system and avoiding any provocation, including Hizballah's preference for an Islamic state, that might trigger a return of the 1975-90 Lebanese civil war. "We are for partnership," he says, "so that the Christians do not ignore the Muslims and the Muslims do not ignore the Christians." When it comes to discussing Israel, however, Nasrallah is vehement. "Let us be clear," he says. "In our opinion, the Jewish state is an illegitimate and illegal state and will remain...
...NASA isn't exactly thrilled by the privatization of Mir, because the project is still consuming valuable manpower and resources from the Russian space program, which is now in partnership with the U.S. to build a bigger orbiting space station. "The Russians are heavily committed to the International Space Station project, and the U.S. doesn't want them diverting scarce resources and manpower into keeping alive an orbiting derelict," says Kluger. "But that won't make much difference to Moscow, because Mir is an enormously emotional issue for Russia - it's the last surviving achievement of their once-great space...