In the months after the election, the stock price of CVR, Icahn's refiner, nearly doubled a surge that is difficult to explain without acknowledging the appointment of the company's lead shareholder to a White House position.
That plank calls for the outlawing of abortion, without exceptions, and the appointment of judges "who respect traditional family values and the sanctity of innocent human life".
It calls for a constitutional ban on abortion, without exceptions, and the appointment of judges who "respect the sanctity of innocent human life".
Already, Mr. Bush and Gov. Tommy G. Thompson of Wisconsin, the party's platform chairman, have served notice that they want to preserve the current platform position on abortion, which calls for a ban on the practice, without exception, and the appointment of judges who respect "the sanctity of innocent human life".
Well before he had the nomination, Mr. Bush signaled that he would support the Republican platform's abortion plank, which calls for a ban on the procedure without exception, and the appointment of judges who support the "sanctity of innocent human life".
Mr. Bush, in his Boston news conference, repeated that he wanted to preserve the current Republican platform's plank on abortion, which calls for a ban on the practice, without exception and the appointment of judges who respect "the sanctity of innocent human life".
Today's vote was not surprising; Mr. Bush and Republican leaders had indicated early on that they wanted no changes in the abortion plank, which called for a ban on abortion without exception, and the appointment of judges who respected "the sanctity of innocent human life".
Inter, enduring their fifth consecutive season without Champions League football, confirmed the appointment in a statement.
Pakistani law enforcement officials said today that Mr. Pearl left for the appointment without his translator or local assistant.
Gen. Anthony C. Zinni, the former top American commander in the Middle East, said the Obama administration offered him the Baghdad job late last month, but withdrew the appointment without explanation, apparently in favor of a veteran diplomat, Christopher R. Hill.
