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In a rare bipartisan vote, the U.S. House of Representatives on December 8 passed a sweeping bill de...

When website addresses using writing systems like Chinese and Arabic were introduced back in 2009, it was hailed as a step that would transform the internet.But 12 years later, the vast majority of the web remains wedded to the Roman alphabet -- and ICANN, the organisation in charge of protecting the internet's infrastructure, is on a mission to change...

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Certain guiding principles. he began with devotion to country, to fair play, to decency, to dignity, to honor, to literally attempting to find the common good. thats how he worked with george mcgovern, to fight hunger in america, particularly as it affected children and around the world. he worked with teddy kennedy and tom harkin to bring down the barriers of americans living with disabilities, a profound change and a profound act of grace. he worked with daniel patrick moynihan to literally sa...

Enormous integrity. he came into the arena with certain guiding principles. to begin with, devotion to country, to fair play, to decency, to dignity, to honor. literally attempting to find the common good. thats how he worked with george mcgovern to fight hunger in america particularly as it affected children and around the world. he worked with teddy kennedy and tom harkin to bring down the barriers of americans living with disabilities, a profound change, a profound act of grace. he worked wit...

His and knowing kansas and knowing thelma, it enabled him to win the victories he did for the disabled, for veterans, for the hungry, or for any of the issues of the day that needed negotiations, steady compromise and the vision of americas promise. bob never lost his common sense and famous wit. it was embedded in his nature to deliver that punch line dead pan knowing -- waiting for the room to light up, which it always did. for the barriers to come down, letting the air out of the partisan bal...

Part of it, williewillie, when e a woman in public life and you are especially somebody whos trying to break that glass sealing and knocking down barriers, you are kind of dam if you do and dam if you dont. >> if you know show emotions that may connect with some people but for a lot of people its like oh. told you, a woman should not have these jobs, theyre too emotional. >> the last two-minutes of the speech where she got emotional talking about her mother. for people dont remember, her mother ...

Enabled him to win the victories that he did for the disabled, for veterans, for the hungry or for any of the issues of the day that needed negotiation, steady compromise and the vision of americas promise. bob never lost his common sense and famous wit. it was embedded in his nature to deliver that punch line, deadpan, knowing, waiting for the room to light up, which it always did, for the barriers to come down, letting the air out of the partisan -- the partisan balloons. doles manner and infl...

Transition. the things that we need mattered to american people to protect our security interests. thats what this is about, its about making sure that we have the rule of law, things that mat tore american businesses and jobs here at home. they probably can do things to shut it down, although its further along than it was 10 1/2 months ago when we left off. i regret that theyre thinking about allowing that pipeline to be continue to be built. they should shut it down. its not in the best intere...

Certain guiding principles that began with devotion to country, to fair play, to decency, to dignity, to honor. through literally attempting to find the common good. thats how i worked with george mcgovern, to fight hunger in america, particularly as it affected children and around the world. hed work with teddy kennedy and tom hark ton bring down the barriers of americans living with disabilities. a profound change, a profound act of grace. he worked with daniel patrick moynihan to literally sa...