Word: withhold
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...hungry man is an angry man." AZIZ DWEIK, new Speaker of the Hamas-led Palestinian Parliament, warning Israel of potential consequences from its decision to withhold the tax revenues it collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority...
...Some people are urging the boycott of all products from European countries. Do any of those means of protest actually accomplish anything? The real solution would be not boycotting products but producing them in the first place. Just imagine if Pakistan were supplying medicines to Scandinavian countries and could withhold the supplies in protest. Muslims must become independent of Europe by making themselves strong economically and technically. Noor Uddin Islamabad...
...Monday, the Supreme Court voted unanimously to uphold the Solomon Amendment, a 1994 Congressional law that threatens to withhold all federal funding for colleges and universities that refuse to offer military recruiters––who are prohibited from enlisting openly gay men and women––equal access to campus recruiting resources. This decision, while legally sound, is nonetheless a great disappointment, as it will force Harvard Law School (HLS) to acquiesce to an employer’s willful violation of the school’s nondiscrimination policy or forgo over $400 million...
...Some people are urging the boycott of all products from European countries. Do any of those means of protest actually accomplish anything? The real solution would be not boycotting products but producing them in the first place. Just imagine if Pakistan were supplying medicines to Scandinavian countries and could withhold the supplies in protest. Muslims must become independent of Europe by making themselves strong enough economically and technically. Noor Uddin Islamabad The violent protests in Muslim countries are not the correct way to oppose caricatures of the Holy Prophet Muhammad published in a Danish newspaper. Offended Muslims should have written...
...don’t tell” policy prohibits openly gay and lesbian individuals from serving in the armed forces.The decision ends more than two years of litigation over the Solomon Amendment, a law first enacted by Congress in 1994 that permits the secretary of defense to withhold most forms of federal funding from schools that restrict military recruitment on campus.The Pentagon has told Harvard officials that if the Law School were to maintain its nondiscrimination policy and exclude military recruiters, the entire University would lose over $400 million a year in federal funds.Last fall, Law School Dean Elena Kagan...