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...Abramoff scandal has already taken down the political player who invented the system that has helped keep Republicans in power for more than a decade. The once feared DeLay?whose office had been Abramoff's biggest claim to access and influence on Capitol Hill?announced he would resign as House majority leader. "I have always acted in an ethical manner within the rules of our body and the laws of our land," DeLay wrote in a letter to his G.O.P. colleagues, but added, "I cannot allow our adversaries to divide and distract our attention." Because of his tightfisted regime that...
...signed into law the most sweeping reform of Ohio's tax structure in 60 years. He eliminated the burdensome tax on business inventory and the state's corporate franchise tax. Whole sections of Ohio's tax code were written out of existence. How many Governors can claim that accomplishment? In addition, Governor Taft reduced the state's income-tax rate 21%. His tax-reform package is geared to encourage capital investment and create new jobs in Ohio. Does that sound like a Governor who is an "ineffective leader"? Hardly. DAVID W. JOHNSON, CEO SUMMITVILLE TILES INC. Summitville, Ohio...
...agent in The Interpreter. And she did the best she could to assert the reality principle amid the general incompetence of The Ballad of Jack and Rose. In 2005 Catherine Keener was everywhere, in big pictures and small, in hits and flops, quietly but insistently asserting her claim to being possibly the best character actress working today...
Many of those products bear enticing messages on their packages: "stimulate baby's cognitive development" or "increase baby's brain capacity." But according to a new study, "A Teacher in the Living Room?," by the Kaiser Family Foundation, the companies do essentially no research to back up their claims. Nor can they cite research by others that relates specifically to their products. "We're not neurolinguistic scientists," admits Marcia Grimsley, a senior producer for Brainy Baby, purveyor of such DVDs as Right Brain and Left Brain, which claim to develop the creative and logical components of a baby's mind...
...world's longest-ruling political parties. Canada's Liberals have reigned over the landmass stretching from the 49th parallel to the Arctic Ocean since 1993. In fact, the Liberals have held nearly unbroken power for most of the 20th century - a record that bolstered their claim to be the "natural" party of government. But even natural parties come to a natural end. The tipping point came from disclosures in 2004 that funds from a $250 million federal scheme to buy the loyalty of separatist-leaning Francophones in Quebec were siphoned off in illegal kickbacks to Liberal Party operatives. Opposition parties...