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...postpone its final ruling for another couple of years—in hopes that a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage recently approved by the state legislature may be passed by voters before any marriage licenses are issued. Last month, Democratic Attorney General Thomas Reilly refused Romney’s request for a stay on the ruling until November, 2006, the date for the referendum. Now, Romney is desperately trying to subvert and manipulate a process that has refused to bend toward his own ends...
...rally last month in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, she resorted to the same lame vow?"The things that Indira and Rajiv believed in, I stand for them also"?as when she first assumed the Congress leadership. On the campaign trail she agrees to every supporter's request?fix the water, build a road, reopen someone's husband's factory?with a harried and unconvincing "Yes, we will do it." With her mournfully heavy mascara, her graying hair scraped into a stern ponytail and her tired face an impassive mask of duty, she is the picture of the devoted...
...Gallup poll published in February suggests that female obstetricians are sharply divided on the issue. Thirty-six percent say they would not perform a caesarean at a woman's request if it wasn't medically necessary, 32% say they would, and 28% say it would depend on the circumstances. Tellingly, 27% of the polled doctors who had been pregnant had had at least one C-section themselves, and 22% of those procedures were elective...
Next up will be Attorney General John Ashcroft. Commissioners will want to know why his priorities memo in May 2001 did not mention counterterrorism and why on Sept. 10 his bean counters cut the FBI's antiterrorism budget request by $50 million, or 12%. Justice spokesman Mark Corallo says the Attorney General will acknowledge that he didn't give the FBI everything it wanted but that he did ask for more antiterrorism funds than Reno...
...different languages are spoken, and that’s not even counting the dialects! One year I wore one of my Indian outfits as a Halloween costume, easily convincing my neighbors that I was meant to be dressed as an Indian princess. And every time my friends would request that I place the table’s order when we went out for Indian food, I couldn’t help but enjoy doing so with the assumed confidence of a native...