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At least four other senators were prepared to oppose conviction had their votes been needed--a fact that has been forgotten, maybe, because it doesn't square with the High Noon portrait of Ross as the man of principle facing down the mob.
Originally sexual conservatives claimed to oppose condoms because they would provoke more sex.
The House approved spending for overseas family-planning programs . An alternative measure reinstating a ban on funding for groups that also perform or promote abortions passed by a wider margin, but the Senate is expected to oppose such a restriction.
Benjamin Franklin, a Yankee, returned home after nine years in France to find an infestation of nefarious noun-verb weeds, including advocate, notice, progress , and oppose .
Why do the new prohibitionists oppose Internet wine?