Word: bill
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...case, antismoking forces were also making progress in Washington. The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a bill containing a provision that would prohibit travelers from lighting up on flights of two hours or less...
...particular strength of this album, though, is that its large cast of characters -- from the wronged women to the wrung-out Saturday-night cowboys; from the rich men to hardworking Bill Horton of Cautious Man, who has the words LOVE and FEAR tattooed, Night of the Hunter-style, on his hands -- can learn to live with because Springsteen can center the dignity in all their lives. It's his name on the album and on the writing credits, but now he seems to be singing their songs...
Since then things have obviously got no better for the Democrats. One of the party's greatest problems has been the absence from the race of some of the best potential vote getters: Bill Bradley, Mario Cuomo and Sam Nunn. Last week these noncandidates were joined by another refusenik: Colorado Congresswoman Patricia Schroeder, who had been vigorously testing the waters since June, announced in Denver that she would not plunge in officially. To the embarrassment of her supporters, Schroeder burst into tears and had to be comforted by her husband James for a full minute before she could continue with...
...absurd. It's ridiculous. It's hard to believe." With those words, Senator Robert Dole of Kansas last week voiced his indignation over the news that the U.S. imported some $700 million in Iranian oil during the summer. In response, the minority leader sponsored a bill to ban all imports from Iran, which passed the Senate the next day, 98 to 0. Said Dole: "It's time to end this absurdity...
...fact, the Senate resolution is unlikely to do that, since it is attached to a defense-appropriations bill President Reagan has promised to veto because it places restrictions on his Strategic Defense Initiative. The bill, nonetheless, serves as a message to Ayatullah Khomeini: the U.S. is no longer willing to conduct business as usual. Ironically, there had been few restrictions on trade with Iran since the resolution of the 1979-81 hostage crisis, largely because of the Reagan Administration's feeling that such embargoes are not effective...