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...state. Some of Perry’s detractors have argued against his order for a different reason, suggesting that the vaccine will reduce perceived risk involved in premarital sex for young people and encourage what they perceive as destructive behavior. This argument is specious and moralistic; the opportunity to quash cervical cancer and other diseases far overrides the puritanical tendencies of a small contingent of the population. While the Texas example represents governmental overreaching, the impetus behind it is admirable. We hope that more states will find the middle ground and follow Patrick’s lead in educating...
...Princess Diana and his son Dodi Fayed. Al Fayed believes Diana and his son were murdered by British intelligence. Three judges at London's High Court overturned a previous ruling by deputy royal coroner Baroness Elizabeth Butler-Sloss in which she decided she would hear the case alone: "We quash the decisions to conduct the inquests as deputy coroner for the Queen's Household and without summoning a jury...
...case has become a rallying point for the anti-war movement, attracting high-profile supporters such as Sean Penn and Cindy Sheehan, but military prosecutors had moved to quash all discussion of the war's legality at the court-martial. The military judge, Lieut. Col. John Head, sided with the prosecutors, ruling that questions about the war's legality were beyond his court's jurisdiction. But barring arguments about the war's legality created a disconnect that ultimately caused the military's case against Watada to unravel...
...wars? One key finding by Collier is that, until recently, former French colonies in Africa were less likely than comparably poor countries to experience civil war. That was because the French (unlike the British) effectively gave informal security guarantees to the new governments, promising to use French troops to quash rebellions. But in the absence of such postcolonial arrangements, is it possible for foreigners to stop a civil...
...many candidates, it would take only an unequivocal sentence or two to quash rumors about aspirations for the University?...