Word: upholds
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Still, “There are laws, there are obligations that we have to uphold,” she said, adding later that at least one university president—John McCardell, president emeritus of Middlebury College—has called for the drinking age to be lowered...
...students and their parents filed the federal lawsuit Dec. 14 after the Three Rivers School District board voted to uphold the punishment...
...illegal immigrants, and others have said his record shows he is open to raising taxes. Romney, though, has his own problems: many conservatives have labeled him a flip-flopper because he was once pro-choice, though he now says he was wrong on the issue and wouldn't uphold Roe v. Wade...
...voted, 70% chose the chief justice over the President. "It is not a choice between two persons," said Gallup Pakistan's Ijaz Shafi Gilani. "The results of this simulated contest show a massive preference for the rule of law as opposed to martial law. In its resolve to uphold the rule of law, the civil society of Pakistan has never been so united before." But that common, shared desire is being ignored...
...best way for Colombia to continue to make progress on freedom and democracy is through economic growth and the engagement that comes with a trade deal. "The FTA allows internal observation of what's happening in Colombia," said Gutierrez. The agreement has special protocols that require Colombia to uphold international labor rights standards. "What I don't understand is how labor will be helped if there...