Word: powers
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...even when the restaurant in question is only two-thirds full. Furthermore, the Asian Pacific American Law Student Association must have a lot of free time on its hands if this tragedy of table waiting is the most important issue on its agenda. What kind of organization abuses its power to rouse accusations of discrimination simply because its co-chair had to wait for a table? Here's a little advice for Shan M. Chang: The next time you have to wait to be seated at Temple Bar, relax and have a drink instead of wasting this community's time...
...Quakers had proven themselves to be a dangerous team coming into this game, having beaten perennial Ivy power Princeton and defending champion Cornell in the previous weeks...
...passed historic legislation that legalized "civil unions" for gay and lesbian couples. The bill, which created what has been called "the closest thing to gay marriages," granted these couples approximately 300 of the rights and benefits associated with traditional marriage, including inheritance rights, tax breaks, family leave benefits, the power to make medical decisions for a spouse and immunity from testifying against a spouse in court. There is no Vermont residency requirement to obtain such a license, so although the partnership will not be recognized in other states, out-of-state couples can symbolically validate their unions there...
...environment has been brought to the forefront of our national agenda. And there exists a plethora of opportunities to participate in Earth Day-related events--both tomorrow and throughout the year. This weekend, the WBOS radio station will sponsor its 7th annual Earthfest, a concert and food festival whose power will be completely supplied through renewable resources. Nearby Springfield is hosting their 10th annual Earth Day Clean Up. Manchester, New Hampshire is to host a "One World, One People" Earth Day festival, complete with guest speakers, exhibits, and a solar-powered sound system. Even that dreadful outer-city ghetto...
...bigger balancing act," argues Dickerson, could come between principle and respecting states' rights. "Bush likes to argue that one of the failures of America in the 1960s was that people in power didn't stand up and say the moral decay of the country was wrong. He's therefore long held that it's the responsibility of leaders to speak out against moral wrongs. So there seems to be a contradiction between his saying leaders should stand up for what's right and not taking a stance on the flag issue. This could certainly hurt him with African-American voters...