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...pols?a distance that is only sure to grow with former lobbyist Jack Abramoff's guilty plea. Both camps describe the two conservative Texan's relationship as professional?an alliance, not a friendship. "DeLay admires Bush's leadership but still thinks of himself as the strongest conservative on the block," a DeLay friend says. "They perceive DeLay as a bull in a china shop. They appreciate him as their protector and retriever." Like many of his colleagues on Capitol Hill, DeLay suffers under what officials call this Administration's general lack of respect for Congress. But he is also...
...handshake" crowd?the Administration's tight-knit cadre of Reaganite true believers. He had been one of the young lawyers from élite schools hired without regard to their political leanings by the Solicitor General's office. The Reaganauts suspected many of the career lawyers were liberals hoping to block Reagan's ideas. Worse, Alito had not even worked on the President's campaign or donated money, two tests of loyalty for high-level posts in any Administration...
...real world, people overcome their somnolence--at least temporarily--by drinking coffee, taking a walk around the block or chatting with office mates. But then they find themselves nodding off in meetings or, worse, behind the wheel. Those short snatches of unconsciousness are what researchers call microsleep, a sure sign of sleep deprivation. "If people are falling asleep because 'the room was hot' or 'the meeting was boring,' that's not coping with sleep loss. I would argue that they're eroding their productive capability," says Dinges...
...voiced over these measures. The revised legislation, for instance, stipulates an NSL recipient’s explicit right to consult with an attorney. But a bipartisan group of senators argued that the legislation did not adequately respond to civil-liberties concerns, and, threatening a filibuster, they were able to block the renewal of the Patriot Act on Dec. 16. Political tensions were high. President Bush said that senators who voted against the renewal of the Patriot Act would be responsible for leaving Americans vulnerable when the sections of the Patriot Act expired. Bush also said that he opposed a short...
...undersized Crimson frontcourt—junior center Brian Cusworth remains sidelined with a fractured hand—looked all the more mortal in the face of athletic, aggressive Mustang forwards who ruled the glass and the low block in the first half. SMU (6-4) tallied 18 points in the paint to just six for Harvard (8-5) in the opening frame of the Mustang’s 76-55 win on Wednesday. The Crimson’s own offensive sets were hurried and confined almost exclusively to the perimeter, with the few entry passes into the post swatted away...