Word: crafted
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Just as he assumed center stage in the delicate negotiations to craft a House and Senate compromise on the President's budget plan, Illinois Representative Dan Rostenkowski, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, found himself under the threat of a criminal indictment. His troubles resulted from last week's guilty plea by former House postmaster Robert Rota, who admitted that he had helped several unnamed Congressmen embezzle tens of thousands of dollars from the House Post Office. A comparison of court papers with public records indicated that Rostenkowski may have been one of these Congressmen. He denies...
Dunlop, who along with Rondeau helped to craft the original agreement between the University and the union in 1989, emphasized that he was attending in his role as head of the Clinton administrative committee, not as a Harvard professor or former negotiator...
...mood for a little shopping? Flanking Quincy Market are pricey gift and craft shops as well as such traditional mall favorites as Victoria's Secret, The Sharper Image, Banana Republic and The Gap. Don't forget to visit the seven-story Limited...
Jerry Bock's instantly hummable score gives them verve, simplicity and just enough pixilation. Typical of his understated craft is Vanilla Ice Cream. After the squabblers have made peace, still without sharing their secret, the love-struck leading lady solos. She alternates between a fizzy melody about the man she sees every day and a darker, more complex one about the man she hopes she knows through letters. The song is about the choice between reality and fantasy views of, in fact, the same man. In this sensible look at love, reality makes her more confident, and happier...
...home of his fiance, controversial feminist law professor Catharine MacKinnon. Malcolm continues under contract to the New Yorker, where her editor was her husband Gardner Botsford. She conceded on the witness stand that her techniques have "freaked out" colleagues -- not to mention most other practitioners of her craft...