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...party got only 3.9% of the vote, meaning Berlusconi could govern without his parliamentary support this time. Denouncing the "atrocious price" his party paid for joining forces with Berlusconi, Bossi demanded that the League receive compensation in the form of a cabinet job or the presidency of the Chamber of Deputies. Berlusconi will probably placate the northern party with some secondary post, but he will no longer be forced to move quickly on Bossi's key demand for a devolution of administrative powers to the regions...
...does leave the GOP, it is not known whether Jeffords will cast his lot with the Democrats or become an independent. Either way, his desertion spells disaster for Senate Republicans, who will lose control of the chamber and thus the all-important chairmanships of the powerful legislative committees...
...sure you can imagine, things are pretty grim among Republicans right now. They know very well that when you lose control of a chamber, you lose not just control, but also perks, power and prestige. This changeover will hit the party hard...
...Which would move Garza up to the Number One slot, with a June 19 appointment in the death chamber. That would be, by the way, the same Juan Garza who was to be executed in December - except that with five days to spare, President Bill Clinton postponed the event for six months so the Justice Department could further study racial and geographic disparities in the federal death penalty system. Last September, preliminary analysis showed that between 1995 and 2000, 70 percent of federal death penalty defendants were Latino or black. The study also found that a handful...
After two years as director of development of the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Megan became the associate director of the Longy School of Music...