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White is preparing to invest $24 million in a plan to ship 132 million gal. of pristine lake water every week via specially lined oil tankers to prospective buyers (whom he declines to name) in the Southern U.S. and elsewhere. Canada's provinces prohibit bulk water shipments, on environmental grounds. Still, White's prospects have improved with official hints that Newfoundland's ban might be dropped--and with court challenges arguing that such bans are illegal under terms of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Says Bill Turner, who runs WaterBank.com an enterprise based in Albuquerque, N.M., that locates...
COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN TREATY October 1999 The U.S. Senate rejected ratification of the treaty, designed to prohibit nuclear-weapon development...
...plans for an antiballistic missile shield and has hinted it might develop its own missile defense. Koizumi, who enjoys enormous popular support, has rattled neighbors by displaying a nationalistic streak. He plans to visit a controversial shrine where convicted war criminals are memorialized, and he has refused to prohibit the publication of textbooks that whitewash Japan's war aggression. Koizumi favors rejiggering the American-inspired constitution, which renounces the use of war. In the past, the merest suggestion of rearming has been off limits, though the Japanese armed forces--despite being tagged purely "defensive"--are already among the best equipped...
...Under our plan, most cases will go to state court and be covered by state law. Certain cases, cases involving contract disputes, would go to Federal court. Despite our opponents' claims, our plan does prohibit someone filing cases simultaneously in both state and federal courts...
...Crimson heavyweight pair will race in a pair event, while both of Harvard’s eight-boats will be racing in the Temple Challenge Cup, which is an event for crews from universities, colleges and schools. There are rules that are applied on an individual basis to prohibit the top crews in the world, such as national crews, from rowing in this event...