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...different way. What he actually proved was an important part of another math puzzle, known in the trade as the Taniyama Conjecture, which deals with the equations that describe mathematical objects known as elliptic curves. Just six years ago, Berkeley's Ribet demonstrated that proving this conjecture was tantamount to proving Fermat's Last Theorem. "What is amazing about Wiles' proof," says Boston, "is that while it built on previous attempts, Andrew realized how to put all these complicated pieces together...
...member of the audience, who refused two requests from Reich to state his name, read a prepared statement to Reich claming that the proposals to encourage people to work were tantamount to slavery. Reich said he disagreed with that theory...
...what? The Balkans do not represent a strategic interest of the United States. There is no oil in Bosnia. This is not to condone ethnic cleansing. But those who say that not intervening is tantamount to complicity are ignoring the enormous cost in American lives that intervention will eventually entail...
Article 2 also says the president "shall recommend to [Congress'] consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient" and "shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed," but does not at all justify the kind of order that is tantamount to legislation...
...MALTREATMENT OF WOMEN AS A MATTER OF cultural practice tantamount to political persecution? Yes, say opposition M.P.s and feminist groups demanding that Canada grant refugee status to victims of sex-based persecution. The debate ensnared Immigration Minister Bernard Valcourt, who reversed a decision denying asylum to a Saudi woman who said she feared punishment for refusing to wear a veil if she returned home. Valcourt now promises new guidelines to encompass women whose governments fail to protect them from domestic violence or persecution. Women's rights advocates insist that Canada go further and become the first country to enshrine...