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...believe the Congress has a duty to enforce that right." Nonetheless, he contended, "the Constitution, as originally drawn, never gave Congress the power to do away with valid voting regulations," while the 15th Amendment, on which the Voting Rights Act is based, "gives Congress no power to suspend lawful and reasonable voting regulations...
...novena-the Roman Catholic prayer service, usually offered once a week in the evening in honor of a saint or the Virgin Mary. Now the novena seems to be dying. Next month the magazine Novena Notes, published by the Servile Fathers to promote novenas to Our Sorrowful Mother, will suspend publication because there is no real demand for it. "The novena is no longer very popular," say the editors. "In fact, attendance has fallen to a perilous low mark...
Under these circumstances, if the United States was to retain its image as a peace-minded nation, Johnson had no choice but to suspend the bombing. For this reason, the suspension may appear to be a token gesture. But Johnson has gone beyond conventional diplomatic channels and created a radically new kind of diplomacy whose high potential for effectiveness lends strong credence to the President's sincerity...
...Royalists wanted the name to be Kingdom of Yemen but were willing to settle for a neutral title like State of Yemen. The Republicans insisted on having the word republic or republican in the title. In fact, about the only thing the two sides can agree on is to suspend the conference until after the month-long Islamic holy fast of Ramadan, which begins next week. Nothing doing, said both Feisal and Nasser from afar. The conferees were told to stay in session until an agreement is reached. Yemenis being Yemenis, that may be until Haradh (average daily temperature...
Harry P. Kerr, associate professor of Public Speaking and advisor to the HDC, asked the Corporation to suspend the rule. Wednesday, the Corporation denied the request...