Word: silentes
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Wahed was quick to note, however, that the majority of Muslims are “the most welcoming people in the world,” and that the “silent majority who wanted us to stay [in Egypt]” far outnumbered the Islamic fundamentalists...
...their part, advocates of comprehensive sex ed worry about sins of omission. Worth the Wait is silent on masturbation and homosexuality and, in keeping with federal guidelines, mentions condoms only to point out their myriad imperfections. "Manipulating facts about condoms is using a scare tactic to try and get kids not to be sexually active," says Tamara Kreinin, president of the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S. "And the fact that physicians are now doing this gives it an added level of credibility." Dr. David Kaplan, a professor of pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine...
...soon as tremors of withdrawal hit the airwaves, Republican lawyer Benjamin Ginsburg's Blackberry pager began vibrating. "I'm glad it was on silent instead of beep," thought Ginsburg who was taking a sensitive deposition. The Beltway veteran, who helped George Bush prevail in the 2000 recounts, was quickly enlisted to keep Torricelli on the ballot-a supreme irony since Republicans had been demanding his resignation...
After the hearing, Pomey and Gomes filled out papers in the probation office. Pomey laughed with her lawyers as Gomes stood solemnly and mostly silent. The two defendants never spoke to each other...
...Jersey Supreme Court rightly decided, election law does not prohibit the replacement of a name on the ballot at such a late date. The law is silent on the procedure for filling a vacancy later than 51 days before the election, which gives the court the right to decide the appropriate procedure. As a result, the court—which includes two Republicans—was right to interpret the election laws liberally in order to create a “full and fair ballot choice for the people of New Jersey.” The entire point...