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...issue is really not one of principle, but of simple fairness. Having gone out of their way to obstruct in unprecedented fashion President Clinton’s judicial nominations in committee for eight years, Republicans are now determined to fill many of the judicial slots thus kept vacant with their own nominees. If allowing an up or down vote of the full Senate on judicial nominees is the time-honored rule, why is systematic obstruction within committee any more democratic than filibustering a nominee on the floor...
Although Krieger is personally opposed to the construction of a stadium on the West Side’s vacant but valuable railyards, he recognizes that his client has its own motives for sacking the Jets’ plans...
Last spring, 14-year-old Song was dragged from the front gate of her Seoul high school to a vacant parking lot by 10 female classmates, who for the next four hours took turns slapping, punching and spitting on her while two boys recorded the assault on cell-phone video cameras. One attacker kicked Song between the legs; others threatened to bury her alive. "I believed them," says Song, a pretty, doe-eyed girl who suffered severe bruises and a dislocated jaw. She still can't talk about the beating without crying (she insisted on a pseudonym before telling...
...Prime Minister had not been seen in public since a similar service last year, and some 200 people, including seven Cabinet ministers from his Likud bloc, gathered to pray and pay their respects. After the 15-minute service, Begin answered well-wishers and old friends with only a single vacant repetition of "Shalom." His appearance dispelled rumors that he was bedridden, but it confirmed anew the deep melancholy of the man who has become Israel's most famous recluse...
...this meeting, the vice president will be chosen, since the position was left vacant after this weekend’s elections. In accordance with the BSA’s constitution, a simple majority of the executive board will decide the position. The candidate will then be required to “submit a position paper to the membership delineating his or her commitment to the principles of the BSA as well as his or her qualifications...