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...still five short of the two-thirds majority needed to override a veto. An opportunity to renew the debate opened up after after Ron Fitzsimmons, the executive director of the National Coalition of Abortion Providers who was frequently used to support President Clinton's assurances the procedure is uncommon, said he lied about just how often the abortions occur. The admission, the GOP believes, gives the bill new life by making it clear the practice, anathema to the public, is more readily performed than previously believed. Republican optimism was high the revelation would encourage Clinton to reverse his opposition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Round Two | 3/5/1997 | See Source »

Adamovich says she thinks such experiences are not as uncommon as some students think...

Author: By Georgia N. Alexakis, | Title: UHS: Clean Bill of Health? | 2/14/1997 | See Source »

Nonetheless, Adams' residents said the water loss is not an uncommon event in the house...

Author: By Sadie H. Sanchez, | Title: Adams House Awakes to Find Water Outage | 2/6/1997 | See Source »

...have a chance to confer with the assistant in advance, of course--and we all like to be called "assistants," not "graders"--you may be able to ferret out one or two cosmic assumptions of his own; seeing them in your bluebook, he can only applaud your uncommon perception. For example, while most graders are politically unconcerned, not all are agnostic. This is an older generation, recall. Some may be tired of St. Augustine flattened by a phrase or reading about the "Xian myth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A GRADER'S REPLY | 1/13/1997 | See Source »

Although electrical outages and rain are not uncommon in his part of the country, Simons said the power failures and weather-related problems were "close to the worst I've ever seen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Snow in Northwest Alters Plans | 1/6/1997 | See Source »

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