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Junior Leann Hymas was the fastest Harvard woman on Saturday, finishing eighth with a time of just under 19 minutes. Senior Becky Gogel came in 12th at 19:15, while Brown grabbed 10 of the top 12 times...
...Q.The 12th Amendment prohibits a state's Electoral College members from voting for both a President and a Vice President who are inhabitants of their own state. Is this a problem for Texas? If Bush is for strict interpretation of the framers' intentions, how can he think he gets around the Constitution by having Cheney--obviously an inhabitant of Dallas--register to vote in Wyoming...
A.The strict interpreters have always made an exception for what they call "legal technicalities." To see the 12th Amendment as anything more than a legal technicality, you have to believe that the framers were trying to discourage tickets made up of, say, two oilmen from Texas...
...session eight hours a day, 195 days a year. That schedule leaves just four weeks for summer break, but it means more time for students to hone their fundamentals and pursue electives like art and music. How much more time? If Parish sticks to this regimen through 12th grade, the extra days and hours will add up to almost four more years of schooling...
...true love was right there all along. Loyalty, compatibility, competence - Cheney's got them all, along with three past heart attacks and a profile that's somehow more chief of staff than veep. Cheney changed his residency back to Wyoming from Texas to make himself officially available (that pesky 12th Amendment), but his selection would definitely signal a very old-school, very tight-knit, very Texan administration. But that may be the kind of show Bush wants...