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...Powhatan was in the "immediate area," Icenogle said, adding, "It could render some assistance...
...member of a Cajun family that has spoken French since 1699. I resent the efforts to banish our language and render us foreigners in the land of our birth. Abolishing bilingual ballots, for example, will disenfranchise millions of American citizens who are more at ease in languages others than English. This crusade against bilingualism is not just xenophobia; it is fear of the diversity that is the essence of America itself...
...left-leaning party platform that called for, among other things, the total phase-out of nuclear energy, the withdrawal of NATO missiles from West Germany, the formation of "partnerships for peace" with the Communist regimes of Eastern Europe, and the reorganization of the West German army in order to "render it incapable of offensive action...
...colleagues are more cautious about Protoavis' perch in the evolutionary tree, but most agree that it is a significant find. "It's hard not to make a bird out of it," says Paleontologist Nicholas Hotton III of the Smithsonian Institution. But he is reluctant to render a final verdict. If additional Protoavis specimens bolster Chatterjee's interpretation, it would indicate that birds appeared and diversified much earlier than scientists had believed. "Paleontology is like dealing with a 10,000-piece jigsaw puzzle for which you only have 15," says Ostrom. "This fossil gives you another 15 or 20 pieces...
...exempt from the treaty's constraints on development and testing because it is based on exotic technologies unavailable in 1972. This Philadelphia-lawyerly reading was hotly disputed, not only by the Soviets but by the American negotiators who helped draft the treaty as well. It would in effect render the ABM treaty meaningless and open the way to a defensive arms race in space. That is just what the Pentagon wants and what the Soviets are determined to prevent. After & months of wrangling, Shultz persuaded Reagan to adopt a cumbersome compromise: the U.S. would claim that the Pentagon's "permissive...