Word: control
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...Apples in stereo come from Denver's low-fi indie-pop Elephant 6 collective (including Olivia Tremor Control and Neutral Milk Hotel). Out June...
...Republican leaders finally realized they had handed the Democrats a choice issue," says TIME White House correspondent Jay Branegan. "They opted to play their base but they misread the current public mood." Ever since the Littleton massacre, the NRA and its allies in Congress have known that more gun control legislation was headed their way. The issue was how to deflect the effort without looking insensitive. "Republicans thought they could get some cover with their voluntary proposal," says TIME congressional correspondent John Dickerson, "but it didn?t work." A big question now, says Dickerson, "is whether they will have managed...
...coaching change is another transition Radcliffe will face. Players and coaches alike, however, are confident that the veteran assistant coaches will assume control without a hitch...
...first major vote on gun control following the Littleton horror, the Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday refused to close a loophole that allows private sales at gun shows to proceed without subjecting purchasers to mandatory background checks. The largely partisan 51-to-47 vote was not unexpected and served as a potent reminder of the lobbying strength of the National Rifle Association. More gun control votes are scheduled in the Senate into Thursday, and ?the expectation is that those will also break largely along traditional party lines,? says TIME congressional correspondent John Dickerson...
...chance to get something enacted this week, but if so, it will be a hard-fought compromise. ?Republicans would like to do something that?s just enough to give them cover,? says Dickerson. Should they fail, there are plenty of people who are willing to take the gun control issue into the 2000 campaign -- including one prominent Republican presidential candidate. Seeking to distinguish herself from the conservative GOP presidential pack, Elizabeth Dole told an audience earlier this week that she?s against concealed weapons and in favor of child-safety locks on guns...