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...negotiating, Zapatero would have none of that. The government insists the Basque parliament has no standing to decide fundamental constitutional issues, and that Ibarretxe's proposal "leads to a dead end." Indeed, when the Spanish parliament votes on the plan in the coming months, it is certain to reject it. Ibarretxe vows to put the question to the Basque people in a referendum, though only once the separatist terrorist group ETA declares a cease-fire. "If there are no negotiations," he says, "I'll consult the Basque people." That move could backfire, if it ever even happens. Separatist sentiment...
...idea of giving Harvard students a late-night library resource is not a new one. In 2001, the Undergraduate Council passed a bill calling on the Harvard College Library (HCL) system to provide students with a late-night studying space. It took HCL months to finally reject the council’s proposal, citing costs and the wellbeing of library staff as primary concerns. Since then, however, the council seems to have limited its discussion of a 24-hour library to an agreement between candidates every time a council election is held. Both Council President-Elect Matthew J. Glazer...
...ways that I anticipated to some degree but frankly did not fully anticipate, these words did not go unnoticed,” Summers said last month in Jerusalem. “They probably did little to reject Mr. Yaari’s suggestion that I was outspoken...
...acting President Yawer, and former U.S. favorite Adnan Pachachi - as well as wild allegations by such neighborhood leaders as Jordan's King Abdullah that one million Iranians have entered Iraq in order to vote - appear to be setting up Sunni Iraqis, and their regional allies, to question or reject the results...
...Dean reminded us in his recent speech at George Washington University, if Deomcrats keep being “Republican-lite,” we will keep losing. That’s not to say we should reject all moderate ideas and become dogmatic leftists. But we can’t abandon the progressive struggle for economic and social justice just because we’re afraid some Republican might call us “liberal”—Democrats could call for the invasion of France, and Republicans would still call us “liberal...