Word: chambers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Senator stay together? Will Helprin, who avoided the draft in the Vietnam War (he apologized in a Journal column), hurl shame, through his boss, the wounded old soldier, at Clinton's draft dodging? (Helprin apparently did serve a year in the Israeli armed forces, but explaining this to a Chamber of Commerce audience in Keokuk, Iowa, could be complicated.) Dole's people seem to like the idea of more Helprin speeches. Which could leave the Democrats, searching nervously for something to worry about in this ominously optimistic season, a little troubled...
...Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, was sworn in last week, but only because his party and its allies took the largest single bloc in the 545-member chamber. Vajpayee faces an uphill struggle to hold on to power, however. He must survive a constitutionally mandated vote of confidence before May 31, and his alliance is 74 seats short of a majority. Though buying political loyalty is not unheard of in India, recruiting that many politicians so quickly would be difficult even under normal circumstances--and these are hardly normal...
...black-striped Armani tie--creating a faux morning-coat effect that made him look like an extra from Four Weddings and a Funeral. After receiving a warm round of applause from the 1,000 students crammed together on the brown leather benches of the elegant 1871 Union Debating Chamber, Simpson tried a few quips, only to be interrupted by Fiona Maazel, an American at Oxford for her junior year abroad. "You can make your jokes, but this isn't funny," she said. "This is serious. Your wife was murdered. Your history of assault and abuse makes this an insult...
...author is now fielding offers for the film rights to The Runaway Jury. Given his history, the purchase price could set another record. Film rights for his past two novels, The Rainmaker and The Chamber, sold for $6 million apiece...
...some parts of the business community, the Administration's interest in the achievements of America's corporations doesn't pass the snicker test. "Chalk it up to election-year politics," says Martin Regalia, vice president for economic policy for the Chamber of Commerce. "They have to have a conference to make up for going so far out on a limb to criticize the business community...