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Crowds packed into the First Parish Church on Saturday to hear Sarah Vowell, a contributor to NPR’s “This American Life,” discuss the Puritans of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, or, as she called them, “bickering Jesus freaks...
...Cranston (D-CA), Donald Riegle (D-MI) and Dennis DeConcini (D-AZ) - had little in common. Most of them came from different states and different parts of the political spectrum. One of the only elements that linked the men together was Charles Keating. The banker had been a major contributor to each of their campaigns, donating close to $1.4 million dollars total. Keating also considered John McCain to be a close personal friend, with whom he'd shared vacations and business ventures...
...magnitude of Lincoln's collapse and the fraud charges later brought against Keating led the Senate Ethics Committee to launch an investigation into the conduct of the five Senators - now known as the Keating Five - who were thought to have improperly intervened with regulators to protect a campaign contributor. The investigation began in November of 1989 and lasted nearly two years. All five Senators denied improper conduct, claiming that it was Keating's status as a constituent rather than as a donor that motivated their actions; although when Keating was asked whether his financial support had influenced the Senators...
...anti-Obama op-ed for the Washington Times in July. Hopper likes to donate thousands to the RNC, and Adkins is a conservative country music star. Bill O’Reilly is the rule rather than the exception in this cast.Zucker himself was, at one point, a supporter and contributor to the DNC, but he is rumored to have had a change of heart after 9/11. His most recent campaign contributions went to Giuliani’s presidential campaign.All of this political categorization would be mere speculation if it weren’t for the content of the trailer...
...going into the game, but we just sort of wanted to see if we could get a bigger body over there against that receiver,” Berry says of Barker. “Derrick’s an excellent corner, and we expect him to be a strong contributor for us for the rest of the season.”Sophomore Collin Zych will also see increased playing time in the secondary for the first time in his career. Zych got off to a fine start Friday with a crucial third-quarter interception in the end zone, shutting down...