Word: arizona
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While most Washington appointment-watchers bite their nails for Rehnquist to step aside for Scalia and O'Connor to skip to Arizona and make way for someone more, well, reliable, George W. Bush is quietly, stealthily writing the future of U.S. monetary policy for the next 14 years by stacking the Federal Reserve board? with bankers...
Other states, including New Mexico, California and Arizona, have instituted similar financial-incentive plans to save water. The National Wildlife Federation offers an official backyard wildlife habitat seal to those who curtail their lawns in favor of native plants that feed and shelter indigenous wildlife and require less pesticide and water. Applications have increased nearly 20% in the past three years. "Lawns can serve as a play space for children or a psychological barrier between homeowners and the street," says N.W.F. spokeswoman Mary Burnette, "but many people have more lawn than is good for the environment...
...chaparral-covered hills of Corona, California. Kids were shooting hoops in the fading light, and Sobero, in khaki shorts and a T shirt, was out in the driveway, slinging a yellow backpack into his Toyota pickup. Fanny thought her husband was heading up to Lake Havasu in Arizona to do some fishing and celebrate his 40th birthday, but she wasn't sure. She and Sobero didn't speak to each other much, unless it was about their impending divorce...
...Arizona Senator?s pet cause, campaign finance reform, got a boost when the Court ruled 5-4 to uphold limits on so-called "coordinated" campaign contributions. Justices Souter, Ginsberg, O?Connor, Stevens and Breyer were in the majority. The decision means donations from political parties to specific candidates (generally for campaign expenditures like mass mailings and ads) are subject to Federal Election Commission guidelines, and thus limits can be placed on how much money is contributed. Any ripples from this ruling are likely to be more symbolic than practical; while campaign finance reform remains a hot topic in Washington, coordinated...
...first blind person I ever met," she says. "I fell in love the second I saw him. He had so much confidence and flair for living." Erik first met Ellie Reeve in Arizona, when he was interviewing for a job at Phoenix Country Day School, where she taught. Though she later wondered what sharing her life with a sightless person would be like, she quickly realized that Erik was well equipped to cope with his dark world. "He does things by instinct. When he walks, he doesn't lift his feet, he feels the floor," says Ellie. "The only thing...