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...native Iowans resented new arrivals who didn't assimilate. A group of vets pushed through an English-only resolution. "The tension came because the change was so rapid," says Ken Anderson, president of the Marshalltown Area Chamber of Commerce. Vilsack hopes to avoid repeating past mistakes by taking things slowly...
...nothing personal, really. The South Park guys are actually sending up situation comedy, Mr. President. So when the George W. Bush character says to a prisoner he's about to execute, "Hey scum, ready to die by lethal injection? Maybe you'd prefer the gas chamber," and then farts in his face, you have to understand that they're actually deconstructing a sitcom trope. If anything, Mr. President, Trey Parker and Matt Stone think this is going to be a big boost to your image. "We wanted to take George Bush, who is somewhat vilified, and make him likeable," explains...
...invention of the first home roaster in 1985. It is a countertop device capable of roasting coffee in five to eight minutes. My roaster allows one to view the beans as they are heated (and to vary the roasting time). It requires less counter space, and its roasting chamber can be cleaned in the dishwasher. HAROLD GELL Silver Spring...
...House of Representatives on Thursday evening disposed of exactly what the President proposed and a little more, passing $958 billion in marginal rate reductions by a 230-198 margin, with 10 southern conservative Democrats and one independent joining every Republican in the chamber. As Majority Leader Dick Armey put it in his speech, "This, Mr. Speaker, is the least...
...other side of the aisle, Democrats were clearly unsure how to act. Sheila Jackson Lee and Jesse Jackson, Jr. stood on the aisle to meet the President as he went by as if they hadn't stood in the very same chamber a month before to yell at former Vice President Al Gore '69 for not inventing rules so they could protest his loss. Robert Byrd looked like he was having a stroke, though, strangely, he didn't seem upset about it. Hillary, who gained more camera time than Laura Bush, couldn't decide what to do with her face...