Word: vacuumed
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...remake parliament and society in their own image." Counters Wallace: "People bring up the line, Don't legislate your morality on me. But every law has a moral component. If it isn't Judeo-Christian morality that is being legislated, it's somebody's morality. There's no vacuum." Says Muehlenberg: "Secular humanism is a faith. It has a right to air its opinions in the public arena. We say, Surely the other side...
...Israel considered Arafat an obstacle, he was, for good or ill, the glue that held the pieces of Palestinian political life together. But his one-man rule crippled the development of potential successors and institutions that could provide stability after him. Now his death leaves a vacuum that could be filled by hard-line nationalists, warlords and terrorists. The dozen-plus security organs that Arafat set up have fought one another for dominance. In Gaza, a policy of armed resistance and generous social services has made Hamas the power to be reckoned with, whether or not it participates in elections...
Harvard coach Tim Murphy said his team just takes it day by day. They have to say that. So for all intents and purposes, Saturday’s game against Columbia was a win in a vacuum...
...many at Harvard expressed concerns that Arafat’s death could leave a political vacuum in the West Bank and Gaza...
...TIME: Will you restart peace negotiations with the separatist rebels of the Free Aceh Movement? YUDHOYONO: The current military operation under way in Aceh must be maintained; if there were to be a power vacuum, a new threat to security could arise. But there should also be a new approach to finding a peaceful solution. There is an opportunity for us to end the conflict in Aceh with a new policy. I appeal to the leaders of the separatists to reunite [with Indonesia], and to their soldiers to come out [from hiding] and disarm. That would...