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...With the recent pro-choice legislation in Mexico, and calls for a referendum on the issue in Brazil, the question of abortion - long banned across the continent - quickly moved to the center of the Pope's arrival in Latin America. "Life is a gift. Life is not a threat," Benedict said on the plane. "The roots of this legislation lie in a certain selfishness on one hand and on the other hand a doubt about the value of life, about the beauty of life and also a doubt about the future. The Church must respond above all to these doubts...
Most politicians, voters and analysts alike have all assumed that the 2008 Presidential campaign, like the midterm elections in 2006, would continue to be a referendum on Iraq and little else. But the growing call for comprehensive health care reform from representatives of major corporations, labor unions, America's governors, interest groups and the public has become so strong that it could actually give the war a run for its money...
...John McCain or Rudy Giuliani than for Obama or Clinton. And McCain and Giuliani have an advantage that, say, Vice President Humphrey didn't have in 1968. They aren't much associated with the Bush Administration, and they might be able to turn their election campaign into a referendum on the future. Bush won't be on the ballot--though Democrats will try to wrap him around the neck of the G.O.P. nominee. But that nominee might be able to dodge that bullet, combining strong Commander in Chief credentials with enough of a message of change. There is current evidence...
Last week’s UC referendum on calendar reform was endorsed by 84 percent of the voting undergraduates, which amounted to 43.4 percent of all undergraduates...
...April 1976 Crimson article entitled, “Students Upset With Calendar, Survey Shows.” While the poll was ultimately ignored by university administrators, the tactic survived a long hiatus to reappear in today’s campaign in modernized, online form. The current calendar referendum showed that 84 percent of the 3,467 respondents were in favor of change.UC President Ryan A. Petersen ’08 insists he won’t allow the administration to bully activists and keep them from bringing attention to the results of the referendum. After being denied the ability...