Word: brims
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Pork-barrel politics is one thing when the federal government is running surplus a la Bill Clinton. But now that the country is facing a huge and dangerous budget deficit, Congress still passed an omnibus spending bill filled to the brim with gratuitous appropriations. In the wake of another bumper crop of cash for the unnecessary to the absurd in pet Congressional districts, some belt-tightening has to happen somewhere. Congress’ latest bright idea? Cut Pell Grants to poor college kids to make up some of the difference...
...skip away from the Square, Oona’s is Mass. Ave.’s hidden gem. The inner walls are packed to the brim with old clothing, ranging from the ratty to the antique. Those with a clear Halloween vision will be wasting their time here—rather, it is the ideal destination for the unsure shopper. After 33 years of business, Oona’s owner Kathleen White has perfected the art of creating unique and personalized costumes. The employees here will literally dress up the shoppers, creating unique outfits such as “nerdy...
...Diddy's kiddies are eating into his Cristal budget. The hip-hop mogul, also known as SEAN COMBS, is appealing a judge's August order to pay $35,000 a month to Misa Hylton-Brim, the mother of one of his two sons, Justin, 10. Combs has been paying $5,000 a month to Hylton-Brim, plus covering Justin's schooling, medical and other expenses, Combs' publicist said. "It's not about child support," Combs told the Associated Press last week. "It's about adult support." Or maybe the little guy just needs his very own Bentley...
Dave Rosgen, his smile shaded from the midday sun by the brim of his cowboy hat, moves easily along a branch of the main channel of Colorado's Blue River, casting his fly rod. One after another, big rainbow trout take his flies, jumping and fighting the line until he plays each one out to the bank, removes the hook and gently returns the fish to the clear, cold water. Rosgen, a hydrologist, helped bring this stretch of river back to life. The land along the water here had been hammered by years of cattle grazing, the banks eroded after...
...baking began on Friday afternoon as volunteers filled 40 gallon steel mixers to the brim with pumpkin pie filling...