Word: viewpoints
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Even fringe candidates for office must be invited to participate in political debates on public TV or be told -- in "viewpoint-neutral" terms why not -- the Supreme Court said today in letting stand a lower court decision. The rationale for denying an invitation would have to satisfy an extremely high standard, because the lower court ruled that appearing on public TV was a candidate's First Amendment right. The 1992 case originated in Arkansas, when the Arkansas Educational Television Commission didn't invite Ralph Forbes, an independent U.S. House candidate, to a debate. Forbes sued; his lawsuit was first dismissed...
...fails to ratify the Uruguay Round, it will set back any hope of financial services being liberalized." Worse, he said, it would "tarnish" the image of his company. "We have been representing the argument in favor of freer trade, and here our own country has failed to support that viewpoint! Our credibility would be impeached...
...officials said they have tried to make their viewpoint visible this week. In addition to distributing flyers, three of the four co-chairs wrote a letter to The Crimson on Tuesday expressing their "deep frustration and anger" over the recent vote...
...Population in Cairo leaves us with a lot to think about -- most of it charged with acute self-loathing. Why did I have those kids? responsible citizens might ask themselves, or, Why don't I ease the problem by just dropping dead right now? From a hard-nosed ecological viewpoint, humans -- along with their Styrofoam and cellophane leavings -- have become a form of pollution. One population expert, anthropologist Warren Hern of the University of Colorado, has even taken to calling our species an "ecotumor" or "planetary malignancy" that is recklessly devouring its host, the poor Earth...
...department is oriented toward an arts and sciences viewpoint and is not geared so much to preparing ordinary participants in the business world," Caves says...