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The authors see the present volume as '' a convenient , hand-held repository of the essential knowledge about the study of language variation and change '' ( introduction , p. 2 ) . RICHMOND - - Abortion rights advocates are gearing up to fight more than a dozen bills before the General Assembly this year , including a measure that would outlaw nearly all abortions in Virginia should the U.S. Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade.The debate over abortion is a yearly ritual for the Republican-controlled General Assembly , but a pending Supreme Court decision on the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act and this fall 's legislative races could heighten the discussion this year . The Eyes : The eye is the supreme element of the body , and the most interesting component of the head because it is considered a human 's most beautiful physical trait . Yet he takes no side in the Republican vs. Democrat argument over who is more to blame for the recent warfare . Some 80.5 million acres of biotech corn are planted _ about 40 percent of the country 's crop _ though much of that is used for animal feed.In all , about 136.5 million acres of the nation 's 445 million acres of farmland was under biotech cultivation last year , an increase of 10 percent over 2005 plantings.Clive James , head of the advocacy group that prepared the report , said he expected more genetically engineered corn seed to be planted this year because of the recent boom in ethanol production . But many top scientists reject the new figures , saying they are not new enough : They do not include the recent melt-off of big ice sheets in two crucial locations _ Greenland and Antarctica.Many fear this melt-off will mean the world 's coasts will be swamped much earlier than previously thought . " Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. spoke to his fellow members of the Federalist Society , a coalition of conservative lawyers and legal scholars who have gone from rebel outsiders to Washington insiders - - the group drew 1,500 people to its annual banquet and warranted appearances by administration leaders from Vice President Cheney on down.Roberts 's turn on the stage was the most complete , and it showed that his sure-footed performance in his confirmation hearings , where he left even senators opposed to his conservative philosophy aglow , was no fluke.He has a politician 's gift for appearing open while answering only the questions he wants to answer , along with an almost over-the-top humility about being , at 51 , the youngest chief justice since John Marshall , and he offers a reassuring middle ground between those worried about threats to judicial independence and those alarmed by activist judges.He provided a little something for everyone .