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...Capitol. But in that suite, which houses the majority whip's offices, Buckham was far more than an ordinary congressional aide in the three heady years following the Republican takeover of the House in 1994. Thanks to an unusually close and trusting relationship with his boss, Tom DeLay's chief of staff quietly became one of the most powerful people in Washington. "He was the guy DeLay turned to when he made a final decision," recalls a former aide to a member of the House Republican leadership, "and even after he made the final decision, the guy who could talk...
Athens city officials have a problem they can't bury. A dearth of open spaces in the city means that existing cemeteries are filling up, forcing bereaved relatives to delay funerals for weeks. "All three municipal cemeteries are clogged up," says Athens' Deputy Mayor Katerina Katrivanou. According to a private study, 80% of the greater Athens region's 29 cemeteries cannot take any more burials. The problem is partly a result of a macabre Greek tradition. Burial plots are rented for three years, after which the grave is dug up to check that the body has fully decomposed...
...week was just the second in support of his new album, Emoh (both “home” backwards and a tongue-in-cheek reference to the ephemeral music recently popularized by acts like Dashboard Confessional and Taking Back Sunday), since its Jan. 25 release. Barlow had to delay the promotion of the record for over a month, and for good reason: Emoh entered stores just two days before his first daughter was born, and he has spent the time since caring for her and his wife, who suffered complications from the pregnancy...
...House Republicans admit that part of the problem in selling private accounts has been that many of their members don't exactly understand the details of Social Security. "We have to educate our own members and we haven't completely done that," says House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. With a two-week recess sending them back to their districts starting on March 21, House leaders are trying to make sure members fare better than they did a few weeks ago when many endured tough questioning in Social Security town hall meetings. Rather than holding town halls, many Republican members will...
...Hill filed an appeal that will delay Harvard’s expansion on the Memorial Drive plot, which sits adjacent to Hill’s home...