Word: allowed
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...agree with that characterization, but wonder whether it is a fair fight--how can the votes of the people of Florida compete with the power of the U.S. Supreme Court, especially when grossly used? If the court were to rule that these votes should be counted, they must also allow for an extension of Florida's elector certification deadline-an act which, unlike the current stay, if certainly within their power, as the Tuesday deadline is a federal law, not a part of the Constitution. If they do not, then any decision will be, de facto, the selection of Bush...
Obtaining a visa in many countries, such as Italy and Costa Rica, can be quite easy, since American retirees bring in dollars and are known for their philanthropy. Other nations, such as Canada, don't really welcome permanent retirees but allow foreigners to stay part of the year. A country's embassy will help you find out the type of visa that might suit you. Be prepared to offer proof of good conduct and health as well as medical insurance. Some countries also demand a certain level of income. "There will be some bureaucracy to go through," warns Rosanne Knorr...
Worse than the memory of the pain is the wall of silence that immediately fell around the village chiefs implicated in the attack, which arose from the village's refusal to allow Wu Fang to divorce her husband. Powerful and corrupt, these officials from Fenghuo village in northwestern Shaanxi province have consistently blocked all attempts by Wu Fang to bring them to justice. When a Chinese newspaper wrote a story sympathetic to her case in 1996, the village sued for libel--and won last June in a local court. "Everywhere in China there are outside factors that interfere with legal...
...Hybrids allow people to feel they are doing the right thing for the planet," says Michael Feinstein, a Santa Monica councilman who just bought a Prius for his mother. That's nice, but the breakthrough is that Americans finally have green cars that are convenient enough and cool enough to drive...
...explain to SCOTUS its first crack at this thing - it was a sloppy activist compromise that only served to waste three weeks of national time. The high court of which Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg sounded so enamored Monday could have done the legally simpler thing on Nov. 17: Allow Katherine Harris her first certification and allow Gore his de novo contest on Nov. 18. And give Florida's 67 canvassing boards three weeks instead of three days...