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Sotomayor vows impartiality...

Jul. 13, 2009
Sotomayor vows impartiality...(First column, 1st story, link)Related stories:Hearing seen spotlighting 'activist' approach to law...Leading Republican calls her 'outside the mainstream'...Pro-life protesters interrupt hearing...Graham predicts Sotomayor OK 'barring meltdown'...
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Youngsters compete in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Contestants (L-R) Cooper Barth of West Long Branch, New Jersey, Eboseremhen Eigbe of Galloway, New Jersey, Jacob Bayly Hunter of Sante Fe, New Mexico and Massound Sharif of Albany, New York, all await their turns to compete during the 3rd round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. UPI/Mike Theiler