Word: act
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...beginning to appreciate the psychological factors that drive people to commit violent crimes--the fatigue, the desperation. I eye Sunkist boy's kneecaps. I envision what it would look like to shatter them with a crow bar into many tiny pieces. I suspect that such an act will harm my chances of successfully becoming a VJ, but at this point I don't give a damn...
During his term in the Department of Education, Hehir oversaw and implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, which has aided in the education of six million children with disabilities...
Barrios does not expect the joint committee to act on the bill until June. If approved, at that point it may go to another committee before moving on to the full House and Senate...
...spring for the UC to get a little crazy on Saturday afternoon, making the event bigger and better than ever before. God Street Wine? Forget it, the Violent Femmes are here. Food? More than you could imagine--fried dough, cotton candy, barbecue, and ethnic foods. Games? More ways to act stupid than ever before, including an inflatable slide that is a replica of the sinking Titanic! Still bored? Well, take a look at all the events that we convinced student groups to do--a live chess match, henna body painting, play hockey with the national champs, or visit the booths...
...Campbell (R-Calif.) last week invoked a clause in the War Powers Act of 1973 that forced full House votes Wednesday on two resolutions, one declaring war on Yugoslavia and the other requiring President Clinton to withdraw U.S. troops within 30 days. Neither had a chance, but to simply vote no on both would mean an implicit endorsement of Clinton's way. Fractured as the party is over Kosovo, no GOPer was in the mood for that. "This was a symbolic vote so that Republicans could assert their authority in the Kosovo conflict," he says. "But they'd still rather...