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...Liberals went into eclipse after the First World War, thanks to the capture of working-class votes by the party of trade unions. Labour's post- 1945 welfare state was in turn thumped in 1979 by Thatcherism, whose strong + defense policy discredited Labour's now defunct creed of unilateral nuclear disarmament. Today recession-racked Britons are unsure where to turn. They are listening more closely to the clipped, almost military-style speeches of a man who spent his formative years defending Malaya against communist guerrillas and newborn Kuwait against Iraqi claims in the 1960s...
When Joseph Early faced his colleagues in the House of Representatives last week, he was feeling anything but contrite. Although the Massachusetts Democrat had been named as one of the biggest abusers of the now defunct House bank, having issued 140 bad checks, he wasn't interested in apologizing. Early chose to blame the boss instead. Tom Foley's handling of the issue, he claimed, was nothing short of a "disgrace." Growled Early: "Mr. Speaker, face the issue...
Some of the guilty sought refuge in technicalities. They pointed out that the defunct facility was not really a bank but a disbursement center where members were given accounts that did not bear interest. Each account was credited monthly with the individual member's net salary, generally $7,000 after deductions. Because overdrafts were covered by the money on deposit from congressional colleagues, it was argued, no public funds were involved. Sloppy record keeping prevented some from knowing that they were in arrears. "We've been double-crossed and done real dirty by this bank," complained Pete Kostmayer, a California...
Matthew J. McDonald '92, a member of the Irish Cultural Society, said that getting tickets "is next to impossible." He recalls fondly the days when U2 was a small band. McDonald said his first cousin used to watch the band play at the now-defunct bar Metro. In those days, U2 was opening for "some faceless metal band," he said...
These impressive achievements earned Clark his own show at the now-defunct comedy club Play It Again Sam's as well as headlining appearances at the major comedy clubs of Boston. Clark's success is particularly remarkable considering the number of aspiring stand up comics in the area...