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...Senate, serving as Hawaii's only Republican Senator for 18 years; in Honolulu. A product of the Honolulu slums who worked his way through Harvard Law School, Fong lobbied for Hawaii's statehood and in 1959 was elected one of the state's first two senators. He was a staunch advocate for civil-rights causes, such as eliminating racial quotas in immigration...
They hope to repeat the successes of other women's championship teams, the 1998 U.S. Olympic hockey and 1999 U.S. World Cup soccer teams, which boosted the popularity of their sports. "I'm not some staunch feminist who wants to tell girls that they have to wrestle," says Miranda. "I just want them to know that they can." At a high school tournament her junior year, someone in the crowd yelled, "You're a joke!" She wept in the bathroom after the match. "It was the best thing that ever happened to me," she says. "I was able to know...
...ruling party may not have the two-thirds majority required to extend their stay. Polls suggest that some 70% of Hungarians are against the idea, and the incumbent party could face a stiff challenge in elections expected next year. Political pressure may also be building in Poland, a staunch ally that contributed 2,500 troops to the occupation. Opposition there to the Iraqi deployment rose from less than 30% after the fall of Baghdad to 75% after the Abu Ghraib prison scandal...
...Staunch constitutional defender Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W. Va., lambasted the Bush administration’s restrictions on civil liberties in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in a joint appearance with Sen. Edward M. Kennedy ’54-’56, D-Mass., and Gen. Wesley Clark on Tuesday at Cambridge’s First Parish Church...
Kennedy credited Byrd’s staunch anti-war stance and impassioned speeches on the floor of the Senate prior to the invasion of Iraq for providing a voice to the masses seeking peaceful resolution of the conflict. Their rapid dispersal over the internet testified to the nature of free speech in the 21st century, he later added...