Word: specialize
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...among Israeli Arabs, many feared that the intifadeh was spreading into Israel proper. As reinforcements poured into the territories, President George Bush pointedly urged Israel to exercise "maximum restraint." Secretary of State James Baker said the U.S. might discuss the deployment of U.N. observers, a measure debated at a special U.N. session in Geneva last week, underscoring American displeasure with Israel's refusal to engage in a peace dialogue. The army's massive crackdown eventually cooled the widespread rioting in the territories, after three days of violence left 15 dead, including an Israeli murdered in Jerusalem, and at least...
Disabled-rights groups lobbied hard to defeat an amendment to the bill that would have exempted transit systems in cities of fewer than 200,000. They argued that disabled people should not be segregated in special buses or vans. But Stan Kocos, chairman of Disabled Advocates of Fond du Lac, admits that his group was torn between support for the new law and the Handi-Van. Says Kocos: "We want lifts on buses, and we want the alternative service. But we'd hate to see a taxpayer backlash...
Three provinces reject it, in part because they claim it would grant special status to Quebec. Unless something happens to resolve the disagreement by the June 23 deadline for the accord's final approval, Canadians will have to face the possibility of a national rupture. They were jolted by a small sample of it last week when Mulroney's most important ally from Quebec, Environment Minister Lucien Bouchard, resigned from the government over what he sees as English-Canadian intransigence, saying, "This country doesn't work anymore. We have to remake...
...document. The Meech Lake accord, based on proposals put forward by Quebec's Premier Robert Bourassa, was designed to overcome the province's opposition. Since then, however, newly elected governments in Manitoba, New Brunswick and Newfoundland have refused to ratify it. The holdouts argue that the accord grants Quebec special legislative powers over language and culture that other provinces do not have, and could endanger the civil rights of non-French minorities in Quebec...
Most eleven-year-olds don't have a lawyer, but Tony is a special case. His adoptive parents decided five years after his adoption that Tony had not properly "bonded" with them, and returned him to the state in March. They kept Sam, Tony's natural younger brother. Patrick Murphy, the Chicago public guardian who was appointed to serve as Tony's attorney, says the youngster is an "absolute joy to be around." But there have been scars. Says Murphy: "One of the tragic things is that Tony blames himself...