Word: reassertions
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...Specter, chairman of the Senate Judiciary committee, took it upon himself to reassert some limited congressional and judicial oversight of the President's wartime powers. In talks with the Justice Department, the White House and the NSA , his staff pushed to have the program's constitutionality reviewed by the same secretive court, established by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Congress passed in the 1970s, that is charged with approving warrants for domestic wiretapping - the same court, in fact, that the Administration had bypassed when it conducted eavesdropping without obtaining warrants...
Eastern Sprints will be a test.For the Radcliffe lightweights, it will be a challenge to reassert its lost number one ranking.And for the heavyweights, Sunday will determine if the team’s streak of eight straight NCAA championship births continues.Both squads simply hope they can pass.Over the past eight seasons, the Radcliffe heavyweights have received a bid to the NCAA Championships—to which only 12 teams are invited annually—an unprecedented modern run. This year, however, the streak is in jeopardy, as the heavyweights have lost four straight regattas and post a No. 18 ranking...
...stumbled. Lucky for the Black and White, the squad hit the race running and never looked back. In a dominating performance on the Charles the past weekend, the Radcliffe lightweight varsity four and novice eight boats notched important victories over the team’s Cambridge rival to reassert the Black and White’s momentum, which it had lost last week against Princeton. “Those races were pretty inspiring for everybody,” lightweight co-captain Ashley Antony said. “It gives the team confidence that we know how to race...
...refused to negotiate the release of the scores of Catholics loyal to Rome who sit in Chinese prisons, according to Nicolas Becquelin, China researcher for the New York City-based Human Rights Watch. To some, China's decision to ordain the two bishops was a deliberate bid to reassert its authority over the country's Catholics. Becquelin believes that church officials may have overestimated China's flexibility. "There was never any intention by Beijing to change or loosen its grip on religion," he says. "Either they got an agreement on their terms, or they maintain the status quo under which...
...rest on these positives. This weekend, as the Black and White travel to face Princeton for the third time this season, the team will not only face the No. 2 Tigers, but it will also have to handle a new force working against them: revenge.Princeton will work to reassert its dominance over Radcliffe and gain back momentum heading into the Eastern Sprints with a victory at home this weekend.But the Black and White is focused on overcoming both forces, for a third straight victory would solidify its place on top. The Black and White is not satisfied; in contrast...