Word: sways
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...that very important reason that we feel this fee should be optional—so as to provide the EAC with a mandate to sway the administration. But the question of whether to make the fee “opt-out” or “opt-in” is more complicated. The proposal’s backers called for an opt-out charge, arguing that an opt-in fee would under-represent students who support the initiative since only those students who noticed to check the box would do so. On the other hand, making...
...Faith Into Spanish" [Oct. 25] contained an important error about Focus on the Family's Hispanic voter-registration initiative. You said our group is taking the wedge issues of abortion, same-sex marriage and stem-cell research and emphasizing them with Hispanic voters in an attempt "to try to sway the Hispanic vote for George Bush." As a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization under the Internal Revenue Code, our voter-registration efforts for both Hispanic and general audiences are nonpartisan. We cannot and do not advocate for or against one candidate or party. Glenn Williams Vice President Focus...
...Faith into Spanish" [Oct. 25] contained an important error about Focus on the Family's Hispanic voter-registration initiative. You said our group is taking the wedge issues of abortion, same-sex marriage and stem-cell research and emphasizing them with Hispanic voters in an attempt "to try to sway the Hispanic vote for George Bush." As a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization under the Internal Revenue Code, our voter-registration efforts for both Hispanic and general audiences are nonpartisan. We cannot and do not advocate for or against one candidate or party. GLENN WILLIAMS, VICE PRESIDENT FOCUS...
...faith into Spanish" [Oct. 25] contained an important error about Focus on the Family's Hispanic voter-registration initiative. You said our group is taking the wedge issues of abortion, same-sex marriage and stem-cell research and emphasizing them with Hispanic voters in an attempt "to try to sway the Hispanic vote for George Bush." As a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization under the Internal Revenue Code, our voter-registration efforts for both Hispanic and general audiences are nonpartisan. We cannot and do not advocate for or against one candidate or party. Glenn Williams, Vice President Focus...
...since the College had given up oversight of the clubs, no University action was taken until two years later, when then-Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68 tried to sway the groups by a different route. In 1995, he voiced his concerns about underage drinking and possible sexual assault in final clubs to members of the clubs’ graduate boards...