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An abundance of friendships may pave the path to failure. A man cannot align himself too closely with the world, as exemplified by Christ who, despite calling twelve, experienced betrayal from one among them.

– Christen Kuikoua

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3 months ago

We are working closely with police and highways to get this resolved quickly as possible, we are aware that there are visitors, staff and volunteers still at Greenway unable to leave and we are doing everything we can to make sure they are comfortable while we all wait. We appreciate everyone’s patience during this time.

– The National Trust

Found on New York Times
9 months ago

Eyal Press writes in The New Yorker. Audm subscribers can listen to that article.)In the rest of today’s newsletter, we look more closely at the 10 states.Furthest alongInitiatives seem most likely to happen soon in two states.In Ohio, a coalition of abortion rights groups is collecting signatures to place an initiative on the ballot this year that would protect access through roughly the first 24 weeks of pregnancy. For now, most abortions remain legal in Ohio, thanks to a court ruling blocking a ban.In South Dakota, organizers are optimistic that they can collect the signatures needed for an initiative next year. It is a compromise measure that would seek to reinstate the minimum access required by the Roe v. Wade decision. All abortions would be legal in the first trimester (roughly 12 weeks), and some would be in the second trimester.Early effortsIn several other states, efforts have begun, but they’re less advanced.In Missouri, advocates have not yet settled on one approach. Some petitions — an early step to putting an initiative on the ballot — would protect most abortion access until 24 weeks of pregnancy. Others would be narrower and let the state enact parental consent laws.In Florida, where Gov. Ron DeSantis recently signed a near-total ban, advocates are hoping to place an initiative on the ballot that would allow most abortions until 24 weeks. But the state’s pro-marijuana movement helps highlight the slowness of the effort: Organizers of a 2024 ballot initiative to legalize marijuana have already raised $30 million and collected nearly all the required signatures — while organizers of an abortion initiative are just getting started.Arizona has tough rules for ballot initiatives, requiring hundreds of thousands of signatures on a petition.

– Planned Parenthood

Found on New York Times
11 months ago

This latest rule on nitrogen oxide emissions takes direct aim at the sort of trucks and heavy equipment that literally drive our entire economy, the same bureaucrats who can’t control inflation or secure the border want to even more closely micromanage the heavy vehicles allowed on our roads.

– Mitch McConnell

Found on CNN
12 months ago

We’ve nicknamed it the Green Monster in honor of Fenway Park in Boston. If you look closely, you’ll notice that it’s pockmarked with what look like mini-bubbles, the shape and complexity are unexpected and challenging to understand.

– Danny Milisavljevic

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We’re watching it pretty closely.

– Michael Reynolds

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It’s the most closely available precedent for this situation, and that’s not a good track record for someone looking to bring a similar case.

– Elon University

Found on CNN
1 year ago

​​the Fed would be able to continue tightening monetary policy gradually while closely monitoring financial market developments.

– Gregory Daco

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I believe this goes against the Christian beliefs that I hold closely, and that PBA claims to hold closely, pBA has chosen to reject the words of Martin Luther King, Jr.: ‘Like a boil that can never be cured so long as it is covered up but must be opened with all its ugliness to the natural medicines of air and light, [racial] injustice must be exposed, with all the tension its exposure creates, to the light of human conscience and the air of national opinion before it can be cured.’.

– Sam Joeckel

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I have been briefed by FRA leadership and spoke with Gov. DeWine to offer our support after the derailment today in Clark County, Ohio. No hazardous material release has been reported, but we will continue to monitor closely and FRA personnel are en route.

– Pete Buttigieg

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I review all nominees on the merits. I look closely at their qualifications and their record . I consider them all carefully and consider the interests of the state of Georgia.

– Jon Ossoff

Found on CNN
1 year ago

He is being looked at very closely now, we have seen a number of the Senate staffers say, ‘We are taking this very seriously. This is something that I will personally speak to the senator about.’ We take that as very encouraging language.

– Chessy Prout

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We’ve made clear over many, many months that we were prepared to engage with North Korea without any preconditions. The response from North Korea has been missile launch after missile launch, we have been very clear that our commitment to the security of our close allies and partners – South Korea and Japan – is ironclad. And beyond making that clear, we have been working very closely together in full coordination to take appropriate steps to strengthen even more our deterrence and defense capacity.

– Antony Blinken

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I’ve been watching that World Ranking closely, trying to stay in the top 50, but to take care of it this week, that’s going to be something that’s incredibly special, that par-3 contest can’t come soon enough. I’m really looking forward to that. The whole week, but just to be able to make those memories with my wife and my kids will be awesome.

– Chris Kirk

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The major attitude is not to watch( the news) closely, not to discuss it with colleagues or friends. Because what can Alexander Nemenov/AFP/Getty Images do about it ? whatever you say, whatever you want, the government will do what Alexander Nemenov/AFP/Getty Images want.

– Denis Volkov

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The FDA recognizes the potential impact that reduced availability of certain products may have on health care providers and patients and is working closely with numerous manufacturers and others in the supply chain to understand, mitigate and prevent or reduce the impact of intermittent or reduced availability of certain products.

– Jim McKinney

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We’ve been watching this very closely.

– Antony Blinken

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Our facilities and primary care providers stand ready to help anyone who is seeking medical attention, and we are working closely with the County’s Health Department and other local, state and federal agencies, which are monitoring the situation.

– Debbie Pietrzak

Found on CNN
1 year ago

And I’m working closely with the club to get things moving. So I don’t want to talk too much about the approval, but we’ll leave that in the capable hands of the EFL.

– Max Lowe

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I put forward a detailed plan with the EFL and of course to the club, and I’m working closely with the club to get things moving. So I don’t want to talk too much about the approval, but we’ll leave that in the capable hands of the EFL.

– Ashley Allen/Getty Images Mmobuosi

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Sightline at AMC more closely aligns AMC’s seat pricing approach to that of many other entertainment venues, offering experience-based pricing and another way for moviegoers to find value at the movies.

– Eliot Hamlisch

Found on CNN
1 year ago

After closely reviewing all the evidence from Mr. Pomerantz’s investigation, I came to the same conclusion as several senior prosecutors involved in the case, and also those I brought on: more work was needed. Put another way, Mr. Pomerantz’s plane wasn’t ready for takeoff.

– Alvin Bragg

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We’re not going to pump any more water than we need to, because it’s an expense, we might have a well that can pump 1,000 gallons a minute, but that doesn’t mean we’re pumping it at 1,000 gallons a minute – we might be pumping it at 500 gallons a minute. We watch our water very closely.

– Steve Schmidt

Found on CNN
1 year ago

China is watching closely and learning lessons that may influence its future decisions, china is substantially building up its military forces including nuclear weapons, bullying its neighbors and threatening Taiwan, trying to control critical infrastructure and spreading misinformation about NATO and the war in Ukraine.

– Jens Stoltenberg

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

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