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...member Lindy Grell in the Brainerd Dispatch."We have found it to be ineffective, duplicative, and worst of all, a political tool under the guise of human rights," they wrote in an online comment. In a separate online comment Joshua Heintzeman...
...lawmakers who support abortion rights rushed to Ventura's office Thursday and charged him with using abortion as a political tool after aides said the governor -- who generally supports legalized abortion -- might sign the bill. ''Governor...
...king -- taking a prominent role in both local politics and the tight race for the presidency. "Test scores are a political tool, not an educational one," said Robert Schaeffer of FairTest, a Cambridge, Mass., group that monitors testing...
...dollar for 10 years ago in an effort first to end hyperinflation in the 1980s and then, according to critics, as a political tool by the Argentine government. The health of U.S. equities is another protection against any Argentine fallout...
WASHINGTON - President Bush, in pulling out of an international global warming treaty last year, said he wasn't convinced by scientific research that the problem was all that serious.
...he said, followed by a push to the suburbs and more wide-open spaces. "Now we see stadiums being used as political tools for revitalization." The students working on the model of a new Twins stadium seemed well aware of the territorial...
...city government interaction with their citizens still occur. Simply writing memos and attending meetings are good political tools but do very little to change "the only game in town" culture. A new approach should be taken. Accountability of...
...humor was nothing resembling satire, means that her teachable moment via Emanuel was really using her child as a political tool. Celebrities who embrace causes are valuable players in raising awareness and advancing policy. That said, the...
...Czeczok from participating in city government. "Scheeler is essentially using the harassment restraining order as a political tool and motivated by political opportunism in order to preclude a voice of descent and criticism against him from being...
...special-interests provisions that now stud the tax code are every bit as objectionable as earmarks, Bowles has even provided a political tool that can power the effort to close tax loopholes. Meantime, Obama and the Republican congressional leaders have...