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...Israelis are also aware that if Israel or the U.S. launched a military strike against Iran's nuclear facilities to prevent the Islamic Republic from acquiring the means to build nuclear weapons, Hizballah would almost certainly be enlisted to retaliate against Israel. Ties between Tehran and Hizballah are tight - Iran hand-picked Nasrallah, then a young cleric, to lead Hizballah - and Iran would want a return on the hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of rockets and funds for social and military spending it has invested in Hizballah over a quarter century. While the U.S. remains committed...
...cutting off technology is just one example of Deep Springs’ attempts to isolate itself. Strict rules and long academic terms prevent students from leaving for much of the year, and the campus is surrounded by desert on all sides...
...mail, his fellow co-founder Jordan C. Jones ’07 offered “a special thanks to our freshmen friends in Holworthy for making such an extended effort to bring this to our attention.” Schofield-Bodt and Jones say that time constraints will prevent them from changing the tour route to wind around Mower. Instead of tour guides pointing to Holworthy when talking about Gore and Jones, Schofield-Bodt says they will now “just not point anywhere at all.” The two are now asking for the campus?...
...point of contention is that the law dates a pregnancy as beginning at the moment an egg is fertilized, as opposed to the standard definition, the point at which it implants in the womb. Were that to become a legally accepted definition, then those forms of contraception that may prevent a fertilized egg from implanting could be categorized as a form of abortion. That belief is what propels opposition to emergency contraception like Plan...
...defensive. Last month, Philip Morris USA, whose products are reported to account for 71% of the brands featured in movies since 1990, launched an advertising campaign asking entertainment industry officials to voluntarily eliminate its products in all movies and television shows "You have the power to help prevent youth smoking - just by losing one little prop," says one of the ads. Jennifer Hunter, a Philip Morris USA vice president, said in announcing the campaign: "Movies have the power to amuse, delight, teach and inspire. However, some studies suggest they may also influence a child's decision to smoke...