Kennedy gives grads at BC a unity lesson - Boston Globe
25 May 2012, 11:42 pm
Victoria Reggie Kennedy called on Boston College law graduates Friday to seek change and justice by uniting people who may disagree, invoking a practice she said her late husband Edward M. Kennedy took to heart in the Senate. Sidestepping the ...

Barrett attacks Walker in Wis. debate - Politico.com
25 May 2012, 10:52 pm
The Milwaukee mayor took a decidedly aggressive posture for most of the 60-minute face-off, invoking the “civil war” charge at least a half a dozen times in the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association studio in a concerted effort to frame the ...

High court quashes acquisition of land in another Greater Noida village - Times of India
25 May 2012, 8:15 pm
The court noted that the acquisition of land was effected by invoking the urgency clause, which armed the GNIDA with "powers to dispense with enquiries under Section 5-A purportedly for industrial development" and that the same were "exercised ...

Taliban seek support 'in Rushdie's name' - Asia Times
21 May 2012, 3:16 am
PESHAWAR - Taliban members have resorted to invoking fictitious links of academics with writer Salman Rushdie in a bid to boost their popularity. Senior professors at the University of Peshawar have received death threats from persons claiming to be Taliban members.

SC lays guidelines for preventive detention - Hindustan Times
20 May 2012, 1:44 am
A person's liberty is sacrosanct and cannot by taken away by the state without due process of law as it violates fundamental rights, the Supreme Court has ruled, laying down fresh guidelines on invoking provisions for preventive detention ...

invoking NATO Article 5 to protect Turkey unlikely - Today's Zaman
19 May 2012, 6:06 pm
Over 25,000 Syrian refugees have escaped from Assad’s brutal military crackdown on rebels and civilians. Refugees are seen in a refugee camp in Turkey’s southern province of Kilis in this March 2012 photo. (PHOTO SUNDAY’S ZAMAN, ONUR ÇOBAN) 20 May ...

MSNBC's Jansing Perplexed Romney invoking Clinton to Slam Obama; Omits Obama Inserted Himself into Numerous Presidential Bios - News Busters
18 May 2012, 11:05 am
"It does appear this year that the ghosts of presidents past have been haunting the current race for the future leader of the country," MSNBC's Chris Jansing noted as she opened up a segment featuring Center for American Progress's Daniella ...

Joe Ricketts’s Retreat From Obama Attack Campaign: Are the Chicago Cubs to Blame? - Daily Beast
18 May 2012, 3:41 am
Joe Ricketts was reported to be an architect of a major anti-Obama campaign invoking Jeremiah Wright. Within hours, he’d backed off. James Warren on why the Chicago Cubs may be to blame. Joe Ricketts has had quite a day. Thursday morning’s ...

Obama’s case for gay marriage shows that invoking faith isn’t just for conservatives anymore - Washington Post
11 May 2012, 6:15 pm
You don’t have to be Christian to know the Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do to you. In fact, scholars note that it is the one precept common to all major faith traditions. But in his interview with ABC’s Robin Roberts on ...

A jab at Yahoo's Thompson, invoking Bartz - CNET News
10 May 2012, 11:14 am
Former Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz recently let loose a scathing one-liner directed at her previous employer, according to an activist investor. "Just heard Carol Bartz's reaction to L'Affair Thompson by someone who talked to her," Eric Jackson ...