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...Tony Blair promised Lords reform when he came to power in 1997 and two years later Labour duly replaced most of the hereditary Lords and Ladies with appointed peers, ignoring the protests of angry aristos such as the Earl of Burford, who vaulted onto the Speaker's chair, bellowing, "What we are witnessing is the abolition of Britain!" The government's attempt in 2003 to initiate a second stage of reform went nowhere when MPs rejected every option for a new upper house laid before them. The Prime Minister had argued for an all-appointed house, saying a chamber with...
DIED. ANNE BURFORD, 62, contentious former head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) during Ronald Reagan's presidency; of cancer; in Aurora, Colo. The second highest woman in the Reagan Administration, she was a lightning rod for environmentalists as she slashed the EPA budget and scaled back Superfund payments in the name of states' rights and sensible regulation. After two years, she was forced to resign following her refusal to hand over toxic-waste documents to Congress. "I was a small fish on the way to a big fry," she said later...
...society's ills. There is a much more reasonable approach now. There has been a toning down of the blame culture around lone parents which is a positive thing." In their comfortable home in south London, Alex Cannell and his partner Ian Burford are excitedly talking on the telephone to caterers and photographers and to friends who have dropped by. In just 16 hours, Burford, 68, an actor and director, and Cannell, 62, a retired nurse, have a "wedding" to go to - their own. After 38 years together, the two men are among the first homosexual couples to take advantage...
...election of Ronald Reagan, abruptly interrupted these American efforts. The EPA was taken over by a pro-business team that did not like regulations and distrusted international agreements. Anne Burford, who headed the EPA in the early 1980s, regarded ozone depletion as an unsubstantiated scare story. Many demoralized professionals resigned, leaving the agency with few people who had any background on the issue...
No.PLAYER POSITION 1 Burford, Rodney '94 DB 2 Bush, Jeff '94 PK 4 Washington, David '94 WR 5 Feuerstein, Dave '95 WR 6 Fields, Wesley '95 WR 6 Stagen, Mark '95 PK 7 Hetherington, Chris '95 QB 8 Cooper, Eli '93 WR 9 Swartz, Peter '93 PK 10 Meltz, Mark '95 WR 11 Farrell, Billy '95 DB 12 Lebec, David '93 QB 13 Iwan, Dave '94 WR 14 Mills, Steve '94 QB 15 Gruendel, Steve '94 DB 16 Urban, Dan '93 DB 17 Swedick, Matt '94 QB 18 Buffaloe, Bill '94 RB 18 Mellish, Dan '95 DB 19 Sanchez, Nick...