Word: presses
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...former Solicitor General Charles Fried, called back by the Bush Administration to argue this case, who made the broad attack, presenting the White House argument that Roe should be overturned. In the most interesting exchanges of the morning, O'Connor and Kennedy appeared to press Fried to explain how the court could reverse Roe without also undoing a crucial 1965 decision, Griswold v. Connecticut. In that ruling the court found that the right of privacy protects the decision to use contraceptives. Abortion is different, Fried replied, because it involves the purposeful termination of potential life. "We are not asking...
...such weapons, have become disillusioned with Kohl, who faces elections next year. To help Kohl with his political problems, the U.S. agreed to delay a decision on deploying an updated, longer-range Lance (up to 280 miles). In return, U.S. officials got the impression that Bonn would not press for missile talks with the Soviets . until there is significant progress on limiting conventional arms...
Bush's aides argue that these differences are a matter of approach and attitude rather than intent. "President Bush has not suddenly turned Democrat or liberal," says press secretary Marlin Fitzwater. "He shares the same goals as President Reagan, but like anyone, he has his own style." Bush also has a different hand to play. His party does not control either house of Congress. He was elected with no specific mandate. He lacks Reagan's gift for rallying public support via television, and the budget crunch leaves him few goodies to trade for political support. Says a senior Bush official...
...rose early, grabbed a megaphone and headed for the headquarters of the student organizing committee. As his classmates poured out of their dormitories, Jia held up his megaphone and shouted quotations from the constitution. "Citizens of the People's Republic of China enjoy freedom of speech, of the press, of assembly, of association, of procession and of demonstration!" he bellowed. School officials blasted a threatening countermessage over loudspeakers: "Go back to your classes! Don't give in to pressure from your fellow students! Beware of the consequences to yourself and your family...
...broaden their movement beyond the campuses, the students framed their demands so they would appeal to workers and peasants as well as to the intelligentsia. In addition to their traditional demands for freedom of assembly and the press and greater "democracy," this time they pushed for a new campaign against government corruption -- an increasingly popular issue among the masses -- and for China's leaders to make public their personal financial holdings. "Many of these students took part in the 1986-87 protests," said a graduate of the University of Politics and Law who is now a government official. "They have...