Word: moratorium
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...nearly 23 years since the death penalty was reinstated in Illinois, for instance, 12 people have been executed, while no less than 13 death row inmates have been cleared of their capital-murder charges. This prompted the state’s conservative governor George Ryan to issue a moratorium on the death penalty in his state. Republican leaders around the country should follow suit...
...easy one: Extend the current moratorium that bars taxes on Internet access and prohibits taxes that single out the Internet. The knottier issue, though, is of sales tax. Say you live in New York and order a book online from Amazon.com (based in Washington state). Technically, you owe New York sales taxes. And states like New York - not to mention the brick-and-mortar stores in them, who complain that Internet outfits are being granted unfairly tax-free status - are looking for permission to start collecting...
...last October, the discussion process slowed when the City Council passed the Loose Moratorium, a resident petition to halt development for 18 months in the Riverside neighborhood...
...same testing as public schools, pass rates for fourth graders in Michigan on math and reading tests were lower in charter schools than in traditional public schools. Likewise, a lower percentage of Texas charter school students passed the statewide graduation tests. Indeed, Texas has called for a moratorium on new charter schools until more information about academic performance can be gathered...
...stabilize both Israel's fractious domestic politics and its relations with the Palestinians. The broad terms of that unity-government agreement will be an undertaking by Sharon to respect existing treaties with the Palestinians signed by his predecessors; concerted efforts to make peace with Israel's neighbors; and a moratorium on new Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza. And there's no difficulty in any of those conditions for Sharon - he'd previously vowed to abide by signed agreements with the Palestinians but not the offers made by Barak. And settlement activity had actually increased under Barak, less...