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...amendments to the bill, all targeting spending provisions he thinks are pork. Most famous for his attacks last year on the so-called "Bridge to Nowhere" - which would have spent more than $200 million to connect two virtually uninhabited areas in Alaska - Coburn now has his eye on a bunch of projects inserted in this bill by two of the most experienced and powerful men on Capitol Hill, Mississippi Republican Senators Thad Cochran and Trent Lott. And while Lott and Cochran won a vote last week to keep in the bill $700 million for a railroad in Mississippi damaged...
...Aidan Kelly ’08, said he also saw the aftermath of what had appeared to be a physical confrontation. “I saw an older guy who was a shuttle driver being pulled back from a big guy, who was also being pulled back by a bunch of guys,” said Kelley, who is a Crimson associate magazine chair. He added that the student was then dragged into Currier by a group of students. HUPD officers were dispatched to the scene around 6:20 p.m. that Saturday, according to Catalano. Beltran said that HUPD arrived...
Conversely, many analysts argue that the best way to create new energy sources and encourage conservation is to raise gasoline prices, not lower them. Fadel Gheit, senior energy analyst with Oppenheimer & Co., defends Exxon Mobil while blasting politicians and consumers. "We're a bunch of crybabies. They pay the equivalent of $6 a gallon for gas in Germany," he says. But with elections looming and consumers fuming, the Republicans can't ignore what every TV news show is headlining the Pain at the Pump. The cost of gas may be high now, but for the Republicans by November, it could...
...five blades, but make sure that you don’t spend too much time talking about your own interests. For example, girls hate it when guys start talking about professional sports because they don’t understand how anyone could be so devoted to a bunch of men who we essentially can only watch on TV. Try talking about something much more meaningful that girls are interested in, like whether or not the marriage of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes will last...
...took a turn for the bizarre when the artist took a razor to his own chest.Bechtold describes 2003’s event as “one of those things where people watch in fascination for a little, and then fascination turns to discomfort to disgust and then a bunch of people leave. It was awe-inspiring.”Nonetheless, RH director Will B. Payne ’07, who is also a former Crimson arts executive, promises the event will be accessible for “the average music enthusiast” despite the admittedly esoteric lineup...