They desisted only after the government sent Congress a new bill to grant them political status.
The Mother's Index uses indicators of maternal health and under-five mortality, as well as women's education, income and political status.
By virtue of that right they freely determine their political status, and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development.
Well it seems to me that membership in the WTO will, broadly speaking, work to preserve the political status quo.
Normally, a strong economy means a content electorate that returns congressional incumbents to office and maintains the political status quo.
If class no longer describes a clear social, economic or even political status, is it worth paying any attention to?
Even President Farooq Leghari, a PPP member, is questioning how much longer he will let the political status quo continue.
They say they want their leaders to maintain the political status quo that is, de facto independence while focusing on improving economic conditions.
They died in the Maze jail where republicans were attempting to gain political status which exempted them from the normal prison regime.
Countries that outperform their economic peers on maternal and child health tend to do very well on the political status of women.
The economic turmoil could one day unhinge the cozy political status quo.
Americans are dissatisfied with the political status quo as they know the political power game no longer advance the interests of their children.
The islanders, who are due to hold a referendum on their political status this March, were also quick to dismiss the Argentinian position.
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He added that both parts of Ireland would have been destabilised by the granting of political status and felt the cardinal agreed with him.
Mr Bush's remarks sounded as close to an acceptance of the political status quo in China as any American leader is likely to utter.
The U.S. Congress is currently debating its future political status -- whether it should remain a commonwealth, or become a state or an independent nation.
Either way, the outcome would permanently determine the political status of East Timor, thus bringing to an end a conflict which has festered since 1975.
There's one other important indicator on our Mother's Index: political status.
Paramilitary leaders, who now meet regularly to plot strategy, are trying to bludgeon their way to political status and a place at the negotiating table.
In reality, nationalism remains a double-edged sword, which does at times buttress the regime but can also develop in ways that threaten the political status quo.
Last month, Beijing elevated the political status of the country's food and drug watchdog, in the hope that parents would learn to trust the products produced within China.
This would be respectable in many Western countries, but as Kirill Rogov, an economic and political analyst, argues, it is not enough to sustain the political status quo.
Indeed, the junta's position towards Aung San Suu Kyi may have hardened further in reaction to developments that could significantly alter the political status quo albeit to the exclusion of genuine democratisation.
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Persistent tensions over Anguilla's political status came to a head in 1967 when Britain created a self-governing entity which encompassed Anguilla and the islands of St Kitts and Nevis to the south.
If political status is what they want, he says, they will have to sit down and engage in a fully fledged peace process to end a conflict that has dragged on for four decades.
It would be a great pity if East Timor's future political status would be permanently decided on the basis of ignorance about what is being offered, why it is offered and what is at stake.
The folksy three-term senator and former governor had reached political icon status.
Even Mr. David Choquehuanca, Minister of Exterior, contradicts Chvez when he stated that Evos advisor has Political refugee status, which was given to him on July 7, 2003 by the government of Jaime Paz Zamora.
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Along the way, Joe the Plumber became political road-kill, his professional, political and tax status the object of withering scrutiny and criticism.
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