What makes Hogan's bill even more unconscionable is that his Bill Memo lists all the reasons to make it permanent (reduced violence, incarceration, etc).
Many children also face threats resulting from a lack of a permanent home, violence as well as dangerous and exploitative work.
was the very embodiment of machismo, ruling through arbitrariness, authoritarianism, and the permanent threat of violence against the weak.
The prime minister has vowed not to restart talks without Eta first declaring a permanent end to violence.
It is up to the I.R.A. to match Mr. Trimble's political courage and repeated demonstrations of good faith with its own declaration of a permanent end to violence and a pledge to disarm.
But as long ago as December 1993 in the Dail, and then again in June 1994, the Irish foreign minister, Dick Spring, stated unequivocally that the key to Sinn Fein joining political discussions was a permanent cessation of violence, and that there would have to be verification of the handing over of arms.
Mr Bruton admitted his ignorance of IRA tactics: 'Whether it represents a permanent return to violence or a short-term measure is not possible to discern at this stage.' Six people were seriously injured in the blast - one critically - and there were reported to be 100 walking wounded, including a five-year-old girl with facial injuries.
For Iraqis, the violence feels permanent, their country's perpetual decline, inevitable.
Some American officials in Iraq worry about whether the drop in violence is permanent.
"The time has come," he writes, "for compromise, reconciliation, healing and a permanent end to the violence".
