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...many ideological bullets as possible, and perhaps convince their peers to back an Edward Kennedy-sponsored filibuster. Sure, a filibuster probably wouldn't work - and is frowned upon anyway by minority leader Tom Daschle - but any delay at all provides Ashcroft's adversaries with time to build up their arsenal, which, while probably incapable of bringing down Ashcroft's nomination, could serve another, longer-term purpose: By lodging deeply in vulnerable congressional Republicans, the Dems' ammunition may poison GOP reelection efforts - and even shift the balance of power on Capitol Hill...
...Should Have Gone to Class b) An Army of One c) We Basically Rely on the Nuclear Arsenal Anyway d) We Got Chicks...
...threat of an INS bust has become a weapon in the arsenal of antiunion employers. When undocumented Latina chambermaids at the Holiday Inn Express in Minneapolis, Minn., voted to join the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union last year, management called in the INS, and they were hauled off to jail. But the union posted their bonds, the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission launched an investigation, and the hotel agreed to pay a $72,000 settlement. The INS, which had at first threatened to deport the illegal maids, agreed to let seven of the eight remain in the U.S. "Companies across...
...season's most thrilling game thus far, the young Bulldogs squad used everything in its arsenal, from free-throw shooting to clutch defense, to upset the Crimson at home Friday night, 85-83 in overtime...
...present, the likelihood that this particular vaccine or this particular secretase inhibitor will end up in the therapeutic arsenal has to be considered slim. Of all the compounds his team brings forward, says Molinoff, only 10% to 15% manage to pass the rigorous series of tests that lead to approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. And even when they do, Harvard University neurologist Dr. Kenneth Kosik emphasizes, precious few new drugs prove to be anything close to magic bullets. Indeed, Kosik, along with many others, thinks it is quite likely that controlling Alzheimer's disease will require more...