The Food and Drug Administration said yesterday that it was moving toward endorsing sale of the morning-after pill without a prescription for women 18 and older, signaling what may be the end of one of the most stubborn health policy debates of the Bush administration.
It was the first time the group had endorsed such sales, concluding that scientific evidence suggested that the practice was safe and calling it "a potential way to improve contraceptive access and use, and possibly decrease the unintended pregnancy rate".
Given that the UAW endorsed the sale to Cerberus this week, some speculate that the outlines of such a deal have already been agreed upon.If such a deal were to be struck between the UAW and Chrysler, GM and Ford would demand something similar.
In the letter, the lawyer, Anthony H. Gair, wrote that the posting by the seller, Jared Seth November, suggested that Mrs. Diallo had endorsed the sale of the door fragment from Mr. Diallo's apartment building, at 1157 Wheeler Avenue in the Bronx.
However, plans to have their recommendation to suspend arms sales endorsed by the joint committee on arms controls exports (CAEC) have been blocked by opposition led by Crispin Blunt, the Conservative chairman of the foreign affairs select committee.
Some weren't sure the N.F.L. would approve Druckenmiller as an owner if Dan didn't endorse a sale.
The Dutch refusal to endorse the sale to Pechiney was designed to stop good money being thrown after bad.Given the recovery in steel prices over the past 18 months, it is surprising that Corus has not done better.
Last year the board came under vehement criticism for endorsing the sale of a monumental painting by Jasper Johns that has hung in the lobby of the New York State Theater for 35 years.
Republicans have advocated to defund the family planning provider ever since an anti-abortion organization released several heavily edited videos purporting to show Planned Parenthood leaders endorsing the sale of fetal parts.
In Massachusetts, voters endorsed wiping out the sales tax for alcohol, but rejected rolling back the 6.25 percent sales tax to 3 percent.
