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...George Clooney is the best that this committee can come up with, then the committee itself cannot be representative of the undergraduate population, which certainly has less plebian, white-bread tastes than the Nielsen families. The following anecdotes from multiple sources on the committee bolster that claim...
...trade deals, and embarrassed by Republicans, who refused to pay America's $926 million debt to the U.N.--at the precise moment Clinton was trying to put together a U.N.-backed coalition against Saddam. The G.O.P. also blocked $3.5 billion for the International Monetary Fund, which is trying to bolster quaking economies in Asia. If they collapse, the wreckage could puncture the American prosperity for which Clinton claims credit. On Capitol Hill "there are no die-hard Clinton people anymore," complains an Administration aide. "For each issue, the President has to build a different coalition from the ground...
...Cambridge City Council in April forwarded a home-rule petition to Beacon Hill requesting a 1 percent tax on home sales over $300,000 in Cambridge, which would be used to bolster affordable housing. Like the affordable-housing bill, the so-called transfer-tax petition is in committee and is likely not to be voted on tonight...
...bolster its new brand, this week Harrah's introduced its own Visa card that funnels points, as a percent of purchases, directly into a member's Total Gold account. By using the cards, of course, you are providing the casino with a detailed record of your gambling and purchasing preferences, thereby enabling it to solicit you in ever more sophisticated ways...
Directorial flourishes such as these elevate Eve's Bayou and bolster the story. The film is a collection of indelibly etched images, from the casual falling of a hat to a spider weaving its web. But Lemmons and cinematographer Amy Vincent never allow visual flair to obscure the story. Lemmons uses these tricks sparingly in favor of understated, poetic imagery...