Word: roes
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...checked my website and found the offending words. They were not my own; my staff had posted them to summarize my pro-choice position during the Democratic primary, at a time when some of my opponents were questioning my commitment to protect Roe v. Wade. Within the bubble of Democratic Party politics, this was standard boilerplate, designed to fire up the base. The notion of engaging the other side on the issue was pointless, the argument went; any ambiguity on the issue implied weakness...
...rely on the ever-optimistic, honeyed official government reports, which would have us believe Iraq will soon be free of anarchy, death and destruction?a claim that has been made since that MISSION ACCOMPLISHED banner was displayed behind President Bush in the halcyon days of May 2003. Philip A. Roe Stamford Bridge, England...
...rely on the ever optimistic, honeyed official government reports, which would have us believe Iraq will soon be free of anarchy, death and destruction - a claim that has been made since that mission accomplished banner was displayed behind President Bush in the halcyon days of May 2003. Philip A. Roe Stamford Bridge, England Ghosh's story made me believe there are only two ways to deal with the mess in Iraq. One is withdrawal of all the troops and letting the Iraqis sort it out, which is unacceptable. The other is partition with cooperation from the other Arab countries...
...seat on the Travis County Commission, not a high station but a strategically placed one in the capital city. Her political roots lay with the progressive wing of the Democratic Party; she had supported the campaigns of U.S. Senator Ralph Yarbrough and Sarah Weddington, the Austin lawyer of Roe v. Wade fame. But late at night, she sat with - and learned from - the good ole boys...
When Justice Lewis Powell joined the U.S. Supreme Court in 1972, he promptly encountered one of the era's most difficult cases, Roe v. Wade. Yet his decision to vote among the court's 7-to-2 majority in declaring abortion a fundamental right came with surprising ease, especially for a conservative lawyer inclined to read the Constitution strictly...