Word: stemming
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...from Ohio quickly after news outlets called the state’s 20 electoral votes for President Bush. But both before and after the election, multiple Ohio newspapers reported on a string of voting irregularities, including serious concerns about how thousands of votes were counted. Many of these worries stem from the balloting machinery in Ohio: while only about 12 percent of the nation votes by punch card, the infamous ballot system that muddled the 2000 presidential election in Florida, about three-quarters of Ohio residents do. And of the 88 counties in the state, only one switched from punch...
...Americans favored extension of the assault-weapons ban; in September he conspicuously let it die. He repeatedly offered swing voters expressly what they told pollsters they did not want: a multiyear commitment in Iraq, a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, Social Security private accounts, restricted federal funding of stem-cell research. The most he would do is hint that radioactive Attorney General John Ashcroft wouldn't make it to a second Bush presidency. But even at the height of the Abu Ghraib prison-abuse scandal, Bush would not consider calls to dump Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld...
...Conventional wisdom has long held that when a baby girl is born, her ovaries hold all the eggs she will ever have, and that by age 50 or so, they are essentially gone. But that may not be the case, at least not in mice. Researchers discovered that specialized stem cells in the ovaries make new eggs throughout the mouse's life--and there is a hint the same might be true for humans. In theory, that could someday lead to new treatments for infertility and perhaps a new way to stave off menopause...
...work." Conservatives like McClintock think Schwarzenegger caved in too easily to Democratic opposition to a $1 billion cut in health and social services last year. They also disapproved of the Governor's support for a ballot initiative, passed handily in November, that provided $3 billion in state funds for stem-cell research over the next 10 years. Supporters argue that in the long term the state stands to gain from the potential discoveries, but meanwhile the measure adds to California's indebtedness...
Schwarzenegger's social liberalism tends to bolster his standing in a state known for its progressive politics. Besides endorsing stem-cell research, the Governor signed off on measures that would cut greenhouse gas emissions from cars 22% by 2012 (a move that nine automakers challenged in court last week) and allow hybrid vehicles to use carpool lanes on freeways. He created the 25 million-acre Sierra Nevada Conservancy, the biggest nature conservancy in the state. He signed a bill prohibiting sale of .50-cal. guns, and came out for a ban, to take effect in 2012, on force-feeding ducks...