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...uphold the Peninsula's right to publicize and hold the event; we also affirm the value of exchanging a broad spectrum of race-related perspectives. However, we feel it is important that the members of the Peninsula and the community understand that the second flyer suggests the same unfair stereotypes presented in the first...
This is how matters stand now, in what may be the last days for a woman's constitutionally protected right to abortion in America. The Supreme Court is widely expected to uphold the Pennsylvania law that would require a woman seeking an abortion to notify her husband and wait 24 hours after hearing a state-prepared presentation about adoption and child-support alternatives, among other things. By okaying the law, or most parts of it, the court would invite other states to introduce new restrictions of their own. Next year the nine Justices may entirely reverse Roe v. Wade...
...commit a crime, there will be a big repercussion that will embarrass the government," observes Marcio Santilli, executive secretary of the Nucleus for Indigenous Rights in Brasilia. U.S. Senator Albert Gore this month introduced a congressional resolution that calls on the U.S. government to apply pressure on Malaysia to uphold the human rights of indigenous peoples. New Zealand has gone further: it has said it will stop importing tropical woods from places where there is uncontrolled logging...
...began turning Fergie into a golf widow as he pursued his passion for the sport. Said Anne Fernley, a London housewife: "It's a pity, really. They're a nice couple with nice children." Dudley Hicks, a shoe-shop manager in the capital, disapproved. "They have a position to uphold," he said. "They should have stayed together for the children...
Michelle, to whom Dana gave the Tylenol, accepted the suspension. Dana and her mother, Anne Wilkins, appealed the suspension to the Hamilton Board of Education, which then voted 3 to 2 to uphold the school's decision...