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...life groups that would probably be quite unhappy if he were the pick," says Jan LaRue, chief counsel for Concerned Women for America. But in a piece two weeks ago in which he accurately predicted that O'Connor, not Rehnquist, would be the first to step down, Weekly Standard editor William Kristol, one of Washington's best-connected conservatives, also predicted that Bush would appoint Gonzales and might even choose to make him Rehnquist's successor as Chief Justice when Rehnquist retires...
...abortion were fine as long as they didn't place an undue burden on the right to choice. And most important, in 1992, that "undue burden" test became the court's yardstick for measuring abortion restrictions in the majority opinion O'Connor co-authored. Though it weakened Roe's standard for analyzing limitations on first-trimester abortions, Roe still stands...
...statement released Wednesday, the Dental School said it “takes all allegations of misconduct seriously and has a standard system for reviewing allegations of research impropriety...
...World Bank’s Commission on International Development—called the Pearson Commission after its chair, former Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson—which delivered its report in 1969. The next year, the UN General Assembly adopted the 0.7 percent target as the international standard for foreign aid contribution. In the 35 years since, rich countries have repeatedly pledged to meet that target, but only a handful—Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands—have followed through...
...region. For a few hours, perhaps, many Canadians will think seriously about foreign aid, debt cancellation, and “trade justice” for the first time. But when the music stops, Prime Minister Paul Martin will be left with a choice: finally commit to the standard set 36 years ago by Lester Pearson, or remain, with the United States and Russia, one of the three G8 countries not to make such an important commitment...