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Tuesday’s address included Bush’s strongest statement yet expressing his opposition to same-sex marriage. If rulings like last fall’s landmark Goodridge v. Massachusetts Department of Public Health decision—in which the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court declared in-state bans on same-sex marriage unconstitutional—are allowed to stand, Bush warned, “the only alternative left to the people would be the constitutional process.” While the president did not go so far as to endorse the proposed federal constitutional amendment prohibiting same...
...unduly influence politics. The appearance of this undue influence—real or imagined—was widespread before the signing of the BCRA. Companies gave most to the very politicians who sat on the committees charged with regulating them. And they spent heavily on the campaigns of their strongest political advocates. Sen. Richard C. Shelby, R-Ala., a recipient of over $74,000 of auto industry donations from 1995 to 2000, led the fight against new rollover potential ratings for SUVs: a cause he dropped only after the Firestone-Ford debacle brought rollover tragedies to the forefront. When...
Kerry’s message has the broadest appeal and will be the strongest in the general election, but the Bush-Cheney machine will be a formidable opponent for Kerry, whose campaign is not as glitzy as some others in the race. In order to continue the momentum his campaign has built, Kerry should look to some of his southern colleagues as possible running mates in order to create the geographic diversity that has been crucial for other Democratic tickets...
...think we paid special attention to fitness and just being very disciplined this time around,” Chu said. “We were, I think, the strongest team in the tournament, and I think we were better prepared than in previous years...
...Paris headquarters, for example, scientists are coming at the dermis from both sides--developing skin products that are applied externally as well as those that are ingested. High above the earth, a European space-agency satellite is transmitting data to L'Oreal about where global-pollution levels are strongest--so L'Oreal can adapt its moisturizers. There's even a team of people trying to figure out how to biologically trigger total color recall in human hair, potentially making hair dye a thing of the distant past...