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...necessary cost of the unjust Stupak Amendment. The national debate reached fever pitch and the bill seemed doomed as it stalled for months in Congress, prompting us to take up a call for legislative reconciliation despite criticism from Republicans who, hypocritically, have historically taken full advantage of the tactic. In the end, reconciliation gave what was perhaps the most sweeping legislation since the Johnson administration a place in the annals of history...
...initiative seeks to apply pressure to individuals with the political capabilities to enact change, Bunga said. The success of this tactic is reflected in the fact that the situation in Darfur has gained attention as an important issue, and many of the appropriate steps have been taken to confront conflicts in Uganda and Liberia, according to Bunga...
...Once you’re laughing, your defenses are down, so you actually have to think about it,” Sigma Chi brother Joshua D. Foote ’10 said of Kimmel’s suggested tactic to prevent sexual assault...
...compensate for doing absolutely nothing during the actual mugging, my roommate did buy me lots of cervezas to lower my heart rate back to a healthy level. But even this normally foolproof tactic failed, and when we got back to our apartment (which thankfully had a bulletproof door), I still couldn’t sleep. The next day, I refused to leave the apartment. The day after, I ran out of a grocery store convinced that the 60-year-old grandmother who had been standing at the meat counter next to me was only biding her time before jumping...
Alexander Cherkasov, a board member of Russia's main human rights organization, Memorial, agrees that Russia appears to be returning to a harshness similar to the time of the war in Chechnya. "We're seeing a shift away from things like mass arrests and harsh interrogations toward the tactic of simply eliminating terror suspects," he says before turning sardonic. "Yes, of course this implies human rights violations. But human rights have been sort of a moot point in these regions for some time, and they will continue...