Word: vowed
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Those days are over. Pro-life groups, energized by the hope of overturning Roe, and pro-choice forces, galvanized by fear of that prospect, vow to turn every election in every state into a referendum on the issue. Both sides claim the moral high ground, but the battle surely will be fought at a lower -- much lower -- level. One side accuses the other of baby killing, showing pictures of fetuses contorted in pain as surgical instruments poke at them; the other warns of the enslavement of women by states if they force those who become pregnant to remain that...
...become the 41st president of the United States. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54-'56 (D-Mass.) and U.S. Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II (D-Mass.) both win re-election. In a hotly contested local election, Democratic nominee Thompson beats incumbent Graham by more than 3000 votes. Graham backers vow to contest the election, alleging that Thompson supporters sabotaged the voting machines and removed Graham's write-in stickers from ballots...
...statement, the attorney general's office said the raid by Federal Judicial Police agents was the result of President Carlos Salinas de Gortari's vow to clean up drug dealing and corruption in Mexico...
...come here." But at a meeting with the aggrieved group last week, Coast Guard Captain R.W. ("Bud") Breault offered little hope that the rules would be relaxed. Some lobstermen, claiming that steering clear of the zone could cost them as much as $700 a week in lost catches, vow to continue placing traps in the restricted area...
Ethical posturing is fast becoming the Washington version of the old radio show Can You Top This? Tower, of course, was a major contributor to the piety on parade with his melodramatic vow that he would resign as Defense Secretary if a drop of liquor ever touched his lips...