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...rules to stop Democrats from filibustering judges, the so-called "nuclear option": "The Founding Fathers addressed this issue at the Constitutional Convention and what they did was to indicate they wanted a shared power between the Senate and the executive. Some people believe the Senate should be a rubber stamp. That's not what the Founding Fathers wanted...
...read today has grown out of that context and cannot be divorced from it. A people whose history had almost been completely overlooked by scholars and has slowly struggled to find its place within educational discourse still does not warrant the “common knowledge” stamp from many people today...
...employees from one customer pickup to the next. CityScoot in Louisville, Ky., offers prepaid cards and a catchy phone number (56-NO-DUI). Home James, a ritzy service in Los Angeles that features drivers in mod suits with fake British accents, has even won that ultimate stamp of media-age approval: a reality-TV-show pilot...
...ransom was paid (which the government has denied), Letta believed a negotiated handover would help the young women get home safely, which was what mattered most. And keeping the opposition in the loop would provide political cover. "All of the most delicate negotiations," says one Berlusconi ally, "have the stamp of Letta." Along with the reshuffle that brought Follini into the Cabinet, Berlusconi orchestrated a tax-cut plan that gave him his first boost in the polls in well over a year. Here again, Letta played the role of political guarantor, assuring Economy Minister Domenico Siniscalco that the cuts would...
Even as Abbas tries to stamp out militants within his party, he will face potential challenges to his authority from the Islamists of Hamas. Leaders of Hamas tell TIME that in meetings in Damascus and Gaza, they agreed to grant Abbas a period of quiet during the election campaign. Abbas hopes that by bringing Hamas into the political system, he will be able to persuade the group to accept a long-term cease-fire with Israel...