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First, the federal government lacks direct control of the drinking age. It can encourage and bait the states, but ultimate power lies in the states' legislatures...
Other possible Italian candidates include Silvano Piovanelli, 70, of Florence, and Pio Cardinal Laghi, 72, who heads the Congregation for Catholic Education. Both have conservative credentials. And then there is Giacomo Biffi, 66, the Archbishop of Bologna. Biffi, for whom John Paul reportedly has a soft spot, likes to bait Italy's liberal press with his diatribes against gays, feminists, AIDS victims, unwed mothers and pro-choice activists. He has led a campaign to abolish the music of Mozart and Schubert from the Mass, and he once likened ordaining women as priests to celebrating Communion with Coca- Cola. Says...
...believing I would probably vote for it. I'm a strong advocate of free trade but, after reading it, I'm going to vote against it," Sen. Hank Brown (R.-Colo.) told reporters after taking up a Nader challenge to take his "GATT Quiz." Brown eagerly took Nader's bait and changed his vote as a result.Post your opinion on theWashingtonbulletin board...
...Silver's repartee is only emotional bait for his favorite technique shock. One wishes he had more confidence in his comedy to deliver his messages instead. Insofar as Pterodactyls is billed as a dark comedy, the comedy cannot be ignored, but by the end of the play you may forget it ever made you laugh...
...Hillary, and chief health-care aide Ira Magaziner off the case-- at least officially. White House officials now say Robert Rubin, the National Economic Council chair, and domestic policy aide Carol Rasco will spearhead the effort to craft a new bill. While the move might seem like a cosmetic bait-and-switch to divert Hillary Clinton's critics, TIME health care writerJanice Castrosays it's a major shift. The next bill, she says, will try to control rising health-care costs, rather than expand coverage for all, and include an up-front funding plan. "Giving Robert Rubin a larger role...