Word: ruling
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...Conservative control of the Majlis, Iran's 270-seat legislature, has helped the clerics to stymie President Khatami's efforts to press through his reform agenda of strengthening the rule of law, providing greater freedom of speech and deepening Iran's Islamic version of democracy. "By most accounts reformers will capture the assembly from Islamic conservatives and hard-liners," says TIME Middle East bureau chief Scott MacLeod from Tehran. "But this being Iran, a victory for the reformers may not be precisely what it seems. While there's consensus on greater opening up to the West and economic reforms, there...
...Such concerns have led the clergy to approach the elections with caution. "The conservatives still claim to rule in the name of the majority of Iranians, and they're feeling pressure from the rising public reaction against their policies," says Dowell. Ironically, the mullahs may be suffering some of the consequences of their own success. Their 20-year revolution has seen Iran's demographic majority shift decisively from the countryside to the cities, while an Islamic version of women's empowerment has become a major force. The number of female students at Tehran's university grew from 25 percent...
...trial judge had instructed the jury to rule in favor of Abramian if they did not believe Harvard's stated reason for firing Abramian, according to Harvard's attorney in the case, Allan A. Ryan...
...justices will rule on whether the jury's finding that Harvard was not truthful in giving reasons for Abramian's firing was sufficient to find in Abramian's favor...
...though. I'd find it soothing if folks lightened up on their speculative investments, like Internet stocks, and rotated into parts of the market that present better value: some banks and financials and lots of small-company stocks. Some foreign shares might be a good choice. And don't rule out bonds. They've begun to rally, suggesting broad faith in Greenspan. If he gets it right, I won't be whupping anyone in that marathon--but I won't be on my deathbed either, at least not anytime soon...