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...generated by the spin doctors has arisen a particularly interesting twist on the same old debate: the question of whether placing restrictions on soft money in some way restricts our fundamental right to freedom of expression. In other words, is using cold hard cash to "voice" our political preferences tantamount to speaking at a rally on a party's behalf? And if so, should this form of expression be protected under the aegis of free speech...
...veterans who have worked at other disaster sites say most survivors will never fully recover from the trauma. Psychiatric help is hard to come by, and anyway, most people don't recognize the need for counseling. To some, seeing a "crazy doctor" is tantamount to admitting they are insane. The quake hasn't shaken people out of their ignorance, or false pride...
...provides women with a safe, virtually side effect-free way to insure against pregnancy. In the unlikely event that the pill fails and a pregnancy occurs anyway, advocates point out, the drug will not harm the developing fetus. Opponents, on the other hand, argue that taking the pill is tantamount to "playing Russian roulette with the potential that a life begins at conception," as Judie Brown of the American Life League told CNN Monday...
...debate has inflamed opinion on both sides of the issue, which has been cast as a struggle for the future of public education. Some parents and students say restoring choice is tantamount to endorsing the racial inequalities of CRLS in years past...
...probably won't. While some Democrats (and a few Republicans) are sure to pinpoint aspects of Powell's professional life they're not absolutely comfortable with, most politicians realize that blackballing someone of Powell's stature and bipartisan popularity on the basis of an anti-Arab complaint is tantamount to career suicide. If, as several pundits have pointed out, Powell had given a speech to an Israeli group, we'd never have heard about it in the first place...