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...performing a procedure that pro-life advocates have named “partial-birth” abortions. Last year, a similar bill was passed in the Senate and President George W. Bush has publicly declared he would sign it into law—marking the first time Congress will restrict abortion since Roe v. Wade...
...supporters, especially those among the religious right. They are determined to ostracize and subjugate a minority who threatens their distorted views of morality. Now that the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act is appropriately being called into question, Bush and his supporters have increased their efforts to restrict the definition of marriage. Thus, the Federal Marriage Amendment seeks to provide for them a decisive solution. And what better way to promote its legitimacy than to dedicate an entire week to a discriminatory and exclusive view of the institution of marriage...
...papers for the third of January. But students are capable of putting their work on their minds’ back burners—they do everyday, maintaining extensive extracurricular and academic lives. To ease students’ minds during winter break does not require moving exams, only that professors restrict the work due after winter break to final papers and exams and assign due dates for the middle or end of reading period...
...Chernobyl disaster. It's a tough job. On April 26, 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear-power station's No. 4 reactor experienced a massive fire and meltdown, releasing radioactive dust that wafted over Finland. The resulting contamination forced Finnish authorities to slaughter almost a half a million farm animals and restrict fishing in rivers and lakes in central and northern Finland until 1988. Those memories die hard. Indeed, Finland's Prime Minister, Matti Vanhanen, regularly speaks at an annual protest marking the anniversary of Chernobyl. The Finns are not alone in their opposition to nuclear power. Sweden is phasing...
...Sadr declared his opposition to the American-appointed governing council and the American occupation and announced the formation of a "peaceful" army to defend Iraqi dignity, culture and sovereignty. He has since softened his rhetoric, saying the force will be armed only with "faith" and that it will restrict itself to public works...