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...this administration needs to learn that democracy doesn’t mix with a policy of secrecy. Secretary Rumsfeld withheld information from Congress and the American public and attempted to obstruct CBS from releasing the evidence in the first place. If Rumsfeld had his way, would the atrocities have ever come to light? Would those responsible ever be brought to justice? The whole world is now asking what else might be going on behind the gates of American detention centers...
...NEA’s operations might be enough to confirm this: Teachers who want benefits and tenure in most districts must join the NEA; the union has a male-heavy leadership in a profession filled by women; and, more tellingly, the organization has done everything it can to obstruct even basic education reforms on federal and state levels. The union was outraged with NCLB and Democrats, who flocked to support the law after Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, ‘54-’56 D-Mass., signed up as a co-sponsor. That was hardly a novel occurrence, though?...
...contrast, he worries that blockbuster exhibitions at other museums—which often have less of a focus on permanent collections than Harvard—can be too “discursive,” resulting in the curator constructing wall-text and catalogs for the show that obstruct looking at the actual pieces...
...stock price fell below $60; and also of lying in her claim to SEC, FBI investigators and federal prosecutors when she claimed she did not recall being told of Waksal's planned stock sale. The jury also found that she and Bacanovic had "willfully and knowingly" worked together to obstruct justice and make false statements , and that she had "willfully and knowingly" tried to hamper the SEC investigation of her stock sale by providing misleading information...
...baby farming, of clones cannibalized for spare parts. Policymakers pointed to the vacuum in U.S. bioethical leadership. Critics decried the commercialization of fertility technology and protesters took to the streets, calling for an immediate ban on human-embryo cloning. Scientists steeled themselves against the backlash they feared would obstruct a promising field of research--and close off options to the infertile couples the original experiment had intended to serve...