Word: branched
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...Watt's olive branch got him nowhere last week with the environmentalists, he appeared to have lost even more ground with his congressional critics. The House Energy and Commerce Committee, voting along partisan lines, recommended that the full House cite him for contempt of Congress for refusing to provide eleven Government documents concerning possible Canadian discrimination against U.S. investors that Watt claims are protected by Executive privilege. If the full House approves the contempt citation, and Watt is found guilty in a criminal trial, he could face a year in prison and a $1,000 fine. Meanwhile, the General...
...through difficult times before; he also had some achievements to his credit. If he resigned under pressure, he might turn our presidential system into a parliamentary one in which a President could stay in office only so long as he could win a vote of confidence from the legislative branch...
Lobig was also very active in the Boston branch of the New York-based Pro Musicis Foundation, which sponsors young musicians and provides free concerts for audiences that would otherwise not be exposed to classical music. Eugene Merlet, president of the foundation, said yesterday. "An incredibly diligent and dedicated worker," Lobig was in charge of the foundation's Boston branch, he added...
These antics have gone on for too long. The Administration's belief that it is the only branch of government with substantive power is both misguided and pernicious. In particular, we feel it imperative that Secretary Watt learn he is not the only playmaker on the court. Perhaps a short course in history and constitutional law would inform attorney Watt he is not entitled to use government money at his own whim, nor to adjudicate whether or not his use of the funds is legal, nor to rewrite the powers of Congress. Failing a hasty assimilation of that knowledge...
...with an extraordinary tale. He charged that Citibank had created an intricate system of special telex messages, false documents and secret sets of books to evade taxes on its European operations. The technique involved hiding profits from tradings in foreign currency by creating artificial transactions with Citibank's branch in Nassau, the Bahamas, where taxes are lower than in Europe. In one such deal, Edwards charged, a telex from the Paris branch of Citibank instructed the Nassau office to buy $6 million worth of French francs from the Paris branch at the rate of 4.7275 francs to the dollar...