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Hawaii will remain intact for now, despite the best efforts of Sen. Daniel Akaka. After a contentious debate over his bill--which would have established a sovereign government entity for "native Hawaiians"--he and his supporters came up four votes short of the 60 required to proceed. Opponents emphasized that the new entity would be strictly racial in nature, and would undermine the fundamental American belief in E Pluribus Unum. The Bush administration echoed these criticisms in a letter ...