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Heyman, chair and CEO of GAF Corporation, a maker of commercial roofing materials, made the gift out of a concern for the decrease in the number of law graduates going to Washington. Before entering the private sector, the now-billionaire Heyman began his career as a lawyer for the United States Justice Department...
...stream party machine. Hanson came to fame in 1996 with her maiden speech in the House of Representatives, shattering the "political correctness" consensus of the last decade and rocketing herself to political infamy. She then went on to the form the (somewhat ironically titled) One Nation Party. The limelight began to fade for Hanson by 1999 when One Nation was not even One Party. The party and the dream (or nightmare) had ended...
...some resonance among those who had lost jobs and saw immigration as an easy and obvious culprit, or those who saw their own hardship and compared it to so-called "aboriginal privilege." But once Hanson became One Nation, running candidates in both the House of Representatives and Senate, things began to go awry. Her policy proposals became more and more incredible, until her positive economic program was to institute a 2 percent flat income tax (tax not tax cut). The bubble burst even amongst her supporters...
...Harvard began its road to the final match with a tough five-game win over Penn Friday afternoon. The Crimson won the first two games easily, 15-9 and 15-13. Penn dominated the next two games to even the score...
...Eagle defenders began clearing the ball to midfield to its forwards, creating two-on-two and three-on-three breakaways for themselves on several occasions...