Word: bypass
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...Bill Archer of Texas, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, which will be the first stopping point for budget, tax and Medicare legislation, went to the White House to meet one-on-one with the President. Washington veterans were reminded of the days when Ronald Reagan would sometimes bypass Speaker Tip O'Neill to horse-trade directly with Ways and Means chairman Dan Rostenkowski. "A lot of the membership would no longer make the argument that Newt is indispensable," says an aide to a House Republican leader. Still there is no obvious replacement...
Harvard undergrads have an impulse to strike out on their own—to bypass that which is established and start organizations in which they can be their own bosses and go their own way. Why bother trying to find something you like at the Activities Fair when you can just get your own table to avoid working around someone else’s ideas...
...Adams this year, UC insiders expected Wilson to try to take the Council by storm. So when he opted to be on the Finance Committee (FiCom)—which typically spits out fewer presidents and vice presidents than SAC or CLC—and then proceeded to bypass running for any leadership position, UC vets wondered if he had unwisely forfeited his advantage as an outsider. After all, if Wilson really does intend to run for president, he might have been better off not going after a small position within the UC, but rather running as a true outsider...
...Pentagon officials were relieved that the storm looked like it would bypass much of Texas. The state is home to Ft. Hood, the Army's largest base, and dozens of other military Installations with tens of thousands of soldiers and their families. There is also the vital defense industry-all the big contractors have facilities in Texas and a big natural disaster could potentially damage the military industrial base. Another concern was the ports of Beaumont and Galveston, which are key debarkation points for U.S. troops and goods going to Iraq and Afghanistan. "We're not just looking at Rita...
...have been practicing yoga and taking a brisk walk five times a week for the past three decades. A few months back, my yearly checkup showed an abnormal stress test. Angiography indicated multiple blocks in my blood vessels, some of them major. The next step was to have heart-bypass surgery. I was shocked and asked my cardiologist how that could happen after I had been taking so much care. He calmly replied, "Just the way you like to inherit the wealth of your parents, you should be prepared to accept their genes too." I was one of the fortunate...