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...Senate floor feeling pumped. Bush's first broadside hadn't sunk him. Kennedy's team had just defeated the Republicans' initial attempt to amend his bill. When Kennedy appeared inside the room, 30 lobbyists for patients'-rights groups and powerful health-care organizations like the American Medical Association broke into applause. But he quieted them. This President was good at snatching back victory, he knew. The grassroots activists had to keep the phones ringing in Senate offices. "We can't let up," Kennedy told the lobbyists. "We've got to keep the pedal to the metal every hour...
Glen explained that in addition to Stanford’s proximity to Silicon Valley and Oracle’s headquarters, a major asset lies in the strength of its interdisciplinary studies programs. Stanford broke ground...
Over dinner a few days ago, my summer roommate asked, “Has anyone seen the spoon?” Note the singular, “spoon.” Luckily, our schedules were different enough so that no fights broke out over our beloved spoon, but when I wanted ice cream, which required a metal spoon to dig out frozen bits of cookie, and my roommate wanted to eat her soup, we finally admitted that it was time to buy some silverware...
...reason is of course money, and how much of it the Saints can get out of a new stadium deal. After negotiations with city officials about a new stadium in New Orleans broke off, Benson announced Tuesday that he would now negotiate with Mississippi officials about moving his team to Hancock County, Mississippi, located on the Mississippi Gulf Coast next to Louisiana. The proposed site is 45 miles from downtown New Orleans, where the Saints have played in the Superdome since...
...Immediately after the negotiations broke down, Louisiana officials held a press conference to denounce the Saints' plans for a possible Mississippi deal. Steve Perry, chief of staff for Louisiana Gov. Mike Foster, said a move to Mississippi would be "a catastrophic mistake for the franchise on every conceivable level...