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...ornithologist worth his Sterna dougalli (common tern) should trek back Route 6 to Chatham and visit the National Wildlife Refuge on Monomoy Island. Information about reaching the island--a permit is required--can be obtained at the Chatham Town Hall or at the Seashore's visitor center in Eastham...
Andrew Young, ambassador to the United Nations, and syndicated columnist Jack Anderson spoke as visiting fellows last tern...
...present there is no representative of organized labor on the authority," one member of the Teamsters charged. "John Clinton, whose tern has expired, has purportedly been that representative...
...California board of regents and the state lands commission. Although no serious complications now seem likely, Ronald Reagan's frequent out-of-state speechmaking trips technically shift the governorship to the next in line. After one such recent trip, James R. Mills, the state senate president pro tern, complained, "for the first time in history, no one knew who the Governor was. If Ed Reinecke didn't legally succeed to the powers of the Governor, then I did. No one knew for sure...
...founding fathers debated such a plan at the Constitutional Convention, and the Second Congress wrote it into law in 1792. The law remained on the books for 94 years. Under 1 U.S. Statute 240 the President pro tern of the Senate-a presiding officer chosen by majority vote-was designated to become President if the offices of both the President and Vice President should become vacant, but only "until ... a President shall be elected." The law went on to detail how and when a special election would be called: new electors would be chosen in each state...