Word: rejections
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...been forecast, does that mean that we're going to see, therefore, a more or less permanent expansion of the unchecked power of the executive in American society?" Bush anwered, "To say 'unchecked power' basically is ascribing some kind of dictatorial position to the president, which I strongly reject...
...United States at Syracuse University, Alwaleed also has deep financial ties to U.S. companies and said he was shocked and saddened by the Sept. 11 attacks. He tried to donate to the Twin Towers Fund shortly after the attacks, but then-Mayor of New York Rudolph W. Giuliani rejected the donation after Alwaleed issued a statement arguing that the U.S. “must address some of the issues that led to such a criminal attack.” Alwaleed later wrote an op-ed piece in the New York Times stating that he “reject...
...Legislative Council looks likely to reject the bill too. It has no hope of securing the required two-thirds majority unless one of the following two things happens: either six of the 25 pro-democracy lawmakers are successfully arm-twisted to switch their stand, thus ensuring at least 40 votes for approval, or Beijing gives in to the demands of the people of Hong Kong and accelerates the roadmap to democracy. Neither will occur. Tsang has warned that, should the package be voted down, constitutional development "would come to a halt." Pass the proposals, he argues, and Hong Kong will...
...After they reject Tsang's proposals, the democrats should try to find allies in the local business community, Hong Kong's most influential group. Many businessmen are open to the idea of direct elections as early as 2012, when a Chief Executive, who serves a five-year term, will again have to be chosen. But they are concerned, with some justification, that certain policies advocated by the pro-democracy camp?like minimum wages and maximum working hours?might hurt Hong Kong's competitiveness. In order to have a better chance to advance democracy, the democracy fighters must assure the business...
...circumstances and decisions that lead so many soldiers to military service. Liberals should be sensitive to the difficulties faced by many soldiers. But the question of militarism is too important for liberals to pull their punches out of a misplaced sense of class guilt.As the Supreme Court prepares to reject HLS’s right to enforce its anti-discrimination policies, it is worth recognizing the larger issues at stake in this debate. Gay rights are far more important than the protection of litterbugs, but, at times ,even that principle is not the central question in the debate over...