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...that birth control should not be taught in school, or in many cases, be available at all, the very same people who shooed Jocelyn Elders out of office for suggesting that masturbation was an alternative to sex, the very same people who’d love to get rid of the morning-after pill along with abortion, are the ones who claim to promote a culture of sexual morality...
...urban poor? Chidambaram: In urban areas, I believe that hardly anyone goes without food; there is always some kind of income. But their poverty stems from the environment in which they live?lack of sanitation, lack of drinking water, medical care. The answer to urban poverty is to get rid of the blight of slums and build proper homes with basic facilities...
Returning to the stage for a rip-roarin’ encore—one old song, one new—Schiltz grinned at the audience’s renewed applause. “You can’t get rid of us,” he drawled. If Longwave can continue to invigorate their genre with performances like Thursday’s, it’s hard not to find his warning reassuring...
...DeLay’s actions have set a dangerous precedent. Assistant Professor of Law Heather K. Gerken explains, “The rules were, fight it out once a decade, but then let it lie for ten years. DeLay’s tactic was so shocking because it got rid of this old, informal agreement.” If the leaders of majority parties in other states follow as it appears that they will, the example set by Texas Republicans—attempting to maximize their political strength through perpetual legislative battles over redistricting—could lead to general...
Yeah, I've always been kind of an overachiever. But of the 250, a lot of them were just bad, so it was pretty easy to get rid of those...