Word: provisionals
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The pressure for reform is thus considerable -but, as in the past, it may not prove strong enough. As far back as 1907, Theodore Roosevelt suggested tax-supported campaigns; though the idea got nowhere in the U.S., roughly half of the Western industrial democracies subsequently adopted some form of public...
In any balance of power there are both strong and weak teams, and, naturally, the weaker ones must make concessions. San Diego and Texas agreed to give up about three-quarters of their games to rival teams. This provision of the balance system explains exactly how some teams can lose...
The principal argument for "the good death" is that so many suffer unnecessarily through lack of provision for complete care of the dying. In that case, the fact that all this discussion of euthanasia has even been made necessary seems a sad indictment of a "civilized society."
"We have reason to believe that Colson was the motivating factor in the 1980 provision that was recommended to the president. We also believe he obtained employment as counsel to the Teamsters because he co-operated with [Frank] Fitzsimmons [the current Teamsters president] on this issue."
Soon Americans will have a recourse. President Nixon was due to sign a bill this week that will at last make the Government liable to pay damage claims if its law enforcement agents, while carrying out their duties, commit such offenses as assault, battery, false imprisonment, false arrest, or raiding...