Word: statehooder
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...protected Puerto Rico's right to establish a dignified political relationship with the United States, without territorial or colonial subjugation to the powers of Congress. The amendments further guaranteed that any future vote on the island's status include the three options of statehood, independence and "enhanced" commonwealth (status quo with more autonomy...
...plans. He plans to run his write-in campaign from his front porch. He plans to skip Iowa. ("Who wants to stand around in the freezing cold in the near vicinity of farm animals?") He plans to install a pool table in the Oval Office. He plans to grant statehood to any Canadian province that wants it--except Quebec, "which nobody likes, anyway." Most of all, he plans to inject a little life into an inevitably humdrum campaign. And he thinks he's just...
That the rest of the country has cause to be jealous of Utah is an oddity. Established by the Mormons as a religious refuge in 1847, Utah applied for statehood six times before it was accepted into the Union. The locals even went so far as to name a county (Millard) and a town (Fillmore) after the 13th President in an unsuccessful attempt to get him on the side of Utah statehood. Not until 1896, when the Mormons formally abandoned polygamy, did Utah finally make...
...Palestine would fulfill in Jordan the Palestinian statehood dreams of Arafat and the P.L.O. -- dreams that have always been beyond their grasp. Who then would need Arafat and his liberation organization to create a Palestinian state that already existed? Arafat's official power would vanish overnight. Talented Palestinian leaders brought to the fore to run Jordan would control the state. Arafat, discredited by his mindless actions of late, would have to retire and salvage what he could of his once revered status among Palestinians...
JESSE JACKSON (even money). Had trouble staying off outside post in last few starts. Welcome wearing very thin. May well scratch. Trainers say he'll concentrate on D.C. statehood stakes...