Word: provisionals
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There were several reasons why the generals decided to take a gamble on Suu Kyi's release. First, the domestic political situation is more stable than it has been in the recent past: the government has concluded peace negotiations with 11 of the country's 12 major ethnic and tribal...
One potential solution seems to be gaining support. Last week President Clinton, in a speech to the Conference on the Family and the Media in Nashville, Tennessee, endorsed the V chip (for antiviolence chip), a technology that would allow parents to lock out programs previously identified as having a certain...
Two weeks ago, for example, Buse was on floor duty when the Senate considered the second version of a recisions bill intended to cut $16 billion from the current year's budget. Buse noted two suspicious changes. One required that nasa purchase, "for no more than $35 million,'' a Texas...
Alerted by Buse, McCain was soon on the floor, threatening to delay the Senate's July 4 recess by demanding a separate vote on both projects. Eventually, Yellow Creek was removed from the bill, and the Clear Lake provision was modified to McCain's satisfaction. "There is still a belief...
While the decisions involving race and religion made the biggest headlines, the term's most significant case may yet turn out to be U.S. v. Alfonso Lopez Jr. It overturned a federal law forbidding firearms within 1,000 feet of a school, yet it was not the impact on gun...