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Ever get a gift that looks beautiful but comes with a long list of special-care instructions? That's what opponents of Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel Alito got last week when his 1985 application for a job in the Reagan Justice Department surfaced in Washington. In it, Alito espoused the idea that "the Constitution does not protect a right to an abortion." With a solid majority of Americans in favor of legalized abortion, Alito's opponents thought they had finally found their cudgel. But the Senate Democrats, at least, did not seem prepared yet to use it bluntly...
...some spicy football and meant that last year’s recovery from a massive deficit against Brown has not remained a rarity. “It wasn’t pretty, but we got it done,” captain Erik Grimm said.—Staff writer Samuel C. Scott can be reached at sscott@fas.harvard.edu...
...want you to be the black guy in the movie, I want you to be the guy in the movie who happens to be black.”Unsurprisingly enough for a man who has already accomplished so much, RZA hopes to challenge the limitation imposed by Samuel L. Jackson’s recent comment that rappers shouldn’t act—Jackson was justifying refusing to appear in 50 Cent’s debut “Get Rich or Die Tryin’” in favor of a movie called (seriously...
Bush could face more trouble from Snowe on Iraq (she told TIME there needs to be a "faster timetable" for handing Baghdad control) and conservative Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito (the pro-choice Senator so far has remained neutral). Into the holiday weekend, G.O.P. leaders tried to force Snowe to cut a deal on the tax cuts but, says a G.O.P. staff member, she stands firm...
...military, commenced with a bagpipe performance outside the Spangler Center. “I just love the traditions, love the history, love the camaraderie,” said Will A. Aurigemma, a senior at Boston University and NROTC cadet. That history began when the Second Continental Congress appointed Samuel Nicholas to organize the first two battalions of the Marines Corps on Nov. 10, 1775. According to the PowerPoint presentation, Nicholas recruited his first service members in Philadelphia’s Tun Tavern by offering them beer. The presentation ended with a more serious discussion of the situation in Iraq. Referring...