Word: standing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...almost certainly is not on Beijing's mind. According to one Chinese official, "While we have contingency plans on Taiwan, we do not intend to invade Taiwan." As matters stand, the likely scenario is that Taiwan will have its election this Saturday; Lee will win and perhaps declare his commitment to reunification more explicitly, thereby allowing China to back off. Even Beijing agrees that reunification will not take place until some time in the future, when the societies on the two shores of the strait are more closely synchronized. The immediate crisis will pass, and the two sides will...
...offensive" description of sexual or excretory activities or organs.) Federal law now treats any "indecent" cyberspeech between consenting adults that children may hear as a criminal offense, as if it were a form of seduction or statutory rape. This provision is being challenged in federal court and should not stand; enforcement of it has already been temporarily enjoined...
Edelman also described her efforts to plan CDF's National Stand for Children Day, scheduled for June 1, when individuals from families and communities from across the nation will gather at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington...
...stand," she said. "It's a beginning, a catalytic, I hope...
...sick of politicians, as I am, of using children as political props and pawns while not supporting what children need, come stand with us," Edelman said. "What kind of values does a nation have when it is willing to pay $20,000 to imprison a youth but can not give even $1000 to support that youth earlier in life so that he or she never is imprisoned...