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White House chief of staff Andrew Card: official floater of test balloons, or first to fall afoul of the Bush White House's vaunted "message discipline...
...pardon, Rich's American attorneys contended that, at most, Rich should have faced civil, not criminal, charges. They pointed out that many of the allegations leveled at their client could not be brought today under Justice Department policy and current law. Other U.S. companies that also ran afoul of price controls either never faced charges or were allowed to reach a settlement without undergoing criminal proceedings...
...like it." Her principal, Roni Sushko, isn't quite so charmed. She has cited Tonya, 13, for dress-code violations eight times since the beginning of the school year, suspending her on two of those occasions. Tonya's infractions include wearing miniskirts and spaghetti-strap tops, which run afoul of regulations that the school's county instituted last year. The new code specifies that all skirts and shorts must fall no higher than 4 in. above the knee, and shirts must be tucked in. "When one of our teenagers comes in looking like Britney Spears, they carry with them...
...good judge of people--those who have worked with both men say he is shrewder than was his father about aides' weaknesses as well as their strengths. That is a good thing, because he must choose a Cabinet that balances the many factions in his party--without running afoul of the other one. And he has consciously constructed a White House staff to avoid the mistakes that he believes limited his father's presidency to a single term...
...McSweetbreads b) a Chicken Run Happy Meal prize c) A deep-fried chicken head d) A chicken that ran afoul of the Hamburglar...