Word: splits
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That stance is more an objection to the irresponsible way the split was carried out than a rejection of the principle of self-determination. White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater explained, "We will not reward unilateral actions that pre-empt dialogue or the possibility of negotiated solutions...
Bush was again forced to choose between two values he holds dear: loyalty to his staff and the pursuit of ethical purity. He tried to split the difference, defending Sununu's joyride as "appropriate." Bush even backtracked on his own ethical standards for the first time, saying, "You shouldn't be judged by appearance. You ought to be judged by the fact." This reversal steamed White House aides. Asked what Sununu would have to do to really anger Bush, a bemused White House official cracked, "He'd have to knock over a bank, I guess...
...houses for one last week and make an occasional swing into Boston, while others took the opportunity to leave Cambridge for a while to visit places they didn't have a chance to see during their busy Harvard careers. A handful of seniors, who chose the travel option, split up into two cars that were slated to slither down the East coast to bask in Florida's beautiful weather. But, after both cars took a wrong turn that landed them in Philadelphia, only one kept its original agenda. Each trek turned out to be far from routine...
According to Diane Jellis, who works in the Marshall's office, approximately $100,000 is being spent for the occasion. She was unable to give a breakdown of the budget because costs are shared, items are charged and bills are split, she said...
Death-penalty proponents are similarly split. Ernest van den Haag, a former law professor at Fordham University who supports the death penalty, fears that televised executions might stir a misplaced sympathy for murderers. "Our compassion for the murderer whose life is cut short before our eyes may overcome our sense of justice," he argues, "for we are not shown his innocent victims nor how he murdered them." The fear of a public backlash is countered by the argument that once citizens view their first execution, the next one will not seem so terrible, and anti-death penalty fervor may even...