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Seattle buddies and night-life impresarios Wade Weigel and Alex Calderwood realized that there was really no place to stay for the people in their crowd--designers, DJs and other fashion-conscious urbanites. So with partner Doug Herrick they took over a former halfway house in a downtown neighborhood and created Ace, Seattle's new haven for flophouse chic--a mode that could be hospitality's next wave. "They're outsiders," says Ian Schrager, the pioneer of hip hotels. "Which is the way we were, and which I like...
...believes that violence in front of abortion clinics is absolutely wrong, and that's the law and should be enforced," Senator Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), told CNN last week. Ashcroft insisted he will not allow his personal beliefs to influence the way he defends existing laws. "Roe v. Wade is the law of the land," he told the senators. "I know the difference between enforcement and enactment...
...braced for it," says Gloria Feldt, president of Planned Parenthood. Other sources say the action, which pro-life groups have been urging ever since President Clinton suspended the practice early in his first term, could come as soon next week. Monday is the 27th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationwide. A Bush press spokeswoman said Friday that the incoming administration will have no comment on future executive orders...
...Many familiar themes resurfaced as the senators tore into Ashcroft's handling of Justice Ronnie White's nomination for the federal bench, his refusal to meet with James Hormel when he was nominated as ambassador to Luxembourg and his unapologetic interest in finding loopholes in Roe v. Wade...
...attempting to dissuade those who fear his appointment would threaten existing abortion and civil rights laws: "I know the difference between enacting and enforcing the law. I know the post of attorney general means advancing the national interest and not advancing my own interest... While I believe Roe v. Wade was wrongly decided, I accept Roe as the settled law of the land, and I will enforce that...