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...Most Parliamentarians [in England] are out to break the rules, and it’s the job of the Speaker of the House to make sure that they keep to the rules,” he says. “The reason I was chosen [at Harvard] was fairly obvious, though it was a mistake in some ways...
...wife had sought a restraining order against him. In the general election, Republican Jack Ryan withdrew after reporters revealed that his ex-wife had complained that he took her to sex clubs. Finally, the state's straggling Republican Party gifted Obama with Keyes as an opponent. Though a powerful speaker, Keyes alienated even conservatives by calling homosexuality "selfish hedonism" and engaging in other such hysterics...
...example, Cornell allocates a maximum of 1.8 cents per photocopy and 37.5 cents per mile traveled by air for any performer or speaker arranged by a student group, according to Cornell’s Student Assembly Finance Commission President and Treasurer Handbook...
...Arafat were to die, the Palestinian constitution dictates that parliamentary speaker Rauhi Fattuh take over as President for 40 days, until elections might be held. Most top Palestinian officials believe Abbas, who resigned as Prime Minister last year after accusing Arafat of undermining his authority, would almost certainly win. Some Palestinian observers, however, questioned how long the clerkish Abbas would last if a challenge emerged later from a more ruthless opponent. The P.L.O. chiefs fear that without Arafat, the armed gangs ruling Palestinian towns wouldn't have even the modest restraining influence "the old man," as they call...
...Palestinian factions is to avoid a chaotic succession struggle that will further weaken their national movement. The basis of a succession of Arafat's PA role, therefore, will be the holding of the first Palestinian legislative and presidential elections in eight years. Following the PA constitution, the speaker of the legislature, Rawhi Fattuh - a marginal figure with no independent power base - will act as president for 60 days, until elections can be held. The strongest candidate in such an election will, in all likelihood, be the nominee of Fatah, which remains the largest single faction. (Hamas is expected to participate...