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After passing the election reform amendment, the council voted to suspend the rules and to vote on the entire resolution with no debate. The original amendment called for a committee of three appointed by the presiding officer in the general elections, and a committee of the chair, the vice chair and the secretary for the committee elections...
...MINOR CAMPAIGN PROMISE, YET THE ISSUE of allowing homosexuals into the military ignited the first passionate fight of the Clinton Administration. In an interim compromise, Bill Clinton on Friday ordered that recruiting officers stop asking volunteers if they are gay and that the services suspend discharge proceedings against homosexuals who have committed no offenses of conduct. However, commanders can still force gays to be transferred out of their units, and homosexuals about to be discharged anyway will be suspended from active duty. The President gave Secretary of Defense Les Aspin a July 15 deadline to draft an Executive Order formally...
...highest honor we can pay someone; it is the point at which the mind stops and something else takes over (words run out when feelings rush in). A "vow of silence" is for holy men the highest devotional act. We hold our breath, we hold our words; we suspend our chattering selves and let ourselves "fall silent," and fall into the highest place...
...sympathized with the deportees and urged their return. To promote unity, PLO leaders met with Hamas leader for the first time to plan strategy regarding the deportations. In addition, the PLO has urged other Arab governments to suspend negotiations with Israel until the deportees are returned. It is unclear whether the Palestinians will attend the upcoming round of peace talks, scheduled for February in Washington...
Wilson and several other students have beenaccused by the university's senate of breaking thecode of conduct. If found guilty the universitycould suspend or expell the students