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This explains the recent spate of governmental (and intergovernmental) attacks on the Net.
-- Asked about the recent spate of Bush endorsements, including Orrin Hatch, McCain says: "I want to say right now: Orrin Hatch is off my short list for postmaster general."
A front-page LAT story reports that military authorities, concerned by a recent spate of public Lewinsky-driven criticisms of President Clinton by military personnel--in service-oriented publications and in the WSJ and on the Internet--are threatening service members with punishment if they utter "contemptuous words" about their Commander-in-Chief.
A spate of explicit "parental responsibility" laws passed by states and communities over the last couple of years give judges the power to make parents pay for juvenile detention or undergo counseling with their kids.
Although Ibiza is best known for its gay nightlife, Mallorca, and to a lesser extent Menorca, also have a spate of nightlife options aimed at alternative lifestyles.