Word: upholding
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...over $100 a year) and could prevent the nightmare scenario of millions of orphans ripe for recruitment by militants. Development would also enable weak states—debilitated by meager tax revenues, a dearth of human capital and rampant corruption—to improve their domestic security. Unable to uphold basic law and order throughout much of their territory, weak states can become safe havens for terrorists. Those with materials useful for making WMD—such as the nuclear stockpiles in the ex-Soviet states—often lack the resources to secure those materials (and to pay guards...
...fate rests with the Constitutional Court, which has until September to rule on the matter. Roh's main offense had been to publicly voice his support for Uri, but the judges may view last week's vote as show of support for him, making them unwilling to uphold the impeachment...
Gossip Guy has a reputation to uphold. “HBomb” isn’t the only magazine delivering scandal to your doorbox this week. After a week of well-deserved rest, Gossip Guy is back with a vengeance, bearing naked lies, naked rumors, and naked innuendo...
...Undergraduate Council, the Harvard Foundation, the Harvard School of Public Health Dean’s Office, the GSE and other sources from across campus. But without exclusive recruitment and without a stronger Native studies presence, the University will only be making token gestures and continue to fail to uphold its end of a 300-year-old promise...
According to Golden and Gary Putka, the Journal’s Boston bureau chief and Golden’s editor, the articles may have influenced the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the constitutionality of affirmative action. Putka said the stories had been credited for making it difficult for the Court to vote against affirmative action. “[A justice] gave backhanded compliments to the stories,” Putka said. “I think the story may have had something to do with [the ruling...