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...broken beneath the weight of its energetic occupants. Felicity now snatched up a thick splinter of wood and thrust it into the fireplace. Holding her torch aloft, she sprang upon Zalathal’s back. For a moment she hesitated, looking around her at Roxanna’s chamber. It had to burn. Almost delicately, she touched the flaming tip of the torch to the vanity table. The wood curled slowly away and then burst into flames. Felicity dug her heels into the stallion’s flanks...
...best way to describe the discussion is 'spirited,' " McConnell told reporters outside the Senate chamber, adding in an e-mailed statement, "On a bill this critical, with so much taxpayer money at stake, we cannot rush this through without adequate review...
...Friday, lawmakers on the House Banking Committee will get their second round with the Big Three. And if the hours of grilling in the Senate seemed tough, they are sure to face much more skepticism from the lower chamber of Congress. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Pelosi have said that if both committees approve of Detroit's recovery plans, they will call Congress back into session next week to pass a bill. Of all the compromises open to lawmakers, one thing is nearly certain: the bigger and more complicated the plan, the less likely it is to pass...
...into the ring, and his temperament is a key reason. Like his President brother, Bush has a prickly, my-way-or-the-highway streak that isn't exactly well suited to the give-and-take of the Senate. That's not to say that the notoriously methodical upper chamber couldn't use some of Jeb's admirable, results-driven passion. But while his education reforms, for example, did raise the abysmal accountability level in Florida schools, their overweening emphasis on standardized testing and punitive measures is more reflective of the GOP-dominated state legislature he reigned over...
...against the projects but people live there. It may put a lot of money into the city coffers but it’s off the backs of the poor,” she said. Some residents, including Terrence F. Smith, the director of government affairs for the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce, said that thanks to the taxes paid by the biotechnology firms, Cambridge is able to provide extensive programs for its low-income residents while maintaining relatively low property taxes. In September, biotech lab developer Alexandria Real Estate, Inc. applied for a zoning change that would allow it to construct...