Word: rejections
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...explicitly not offered to Ezzat Ibrahim al-Douri, Saddam's former Vice President, who remains in hiding, nor to al-Douri's supporters. In any case, none of the Saddam loyalists has indicated they would accept al-Maliki's offer anyway. "The Baath and its men and fighters strongly reject dialogue with the collaborators, spies and traitors," the banned party said in a statement posted on its website, Al-Basrah.net. (See the life and death of Saddam Hussein...
...pervasive economic disadvantage, have fewer personal assets and marketable skills to leverage when times turn hard. With unemployment among women rising faster, and women’s wages falling more quickly, than those of their male counterparts, it is now more important than ever that women reject Basham’s advice—not only for the sake of leading their own fulfilling lives, but also to ensure the financial safety of their families...
...carries over into public life and government policy. While equally devout neighbors Mexico, Colombia and Uruguay have taken steps to give women more of a say in the matter of terminating pregnancies, Brazilian public opinion supports the status quo, and the country's Congress last year voted overwhelmingly to reject a modest attempt at decriminalizing abortion. The advances that have taken place are mostly local initiatives carried out almost surreptitiously, such as the move by São Paulo states to offer the morning-after pill and heavily discounted contraceptive pills at state-run pharmacies. (See pictures...
...Equivocating on this critical issue will only make the problem worse. To that end, the Obama administration should firmly reject the proposed European missile defense shield, especially if it plans to diplomatically reach out to Russia and Iran in the future...
...would so many ordinary Americans reject something that is so overwhelmingly accepted by the people who study it? A simple clash between religion and science has often been posited as the answer, but the reality is more complicated, as evidenced by the large number of scientists who believe in both God and in evolution...