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...Democrats, furiously softening the ground for when the Senate comes up with its own version down the road, are already on the attack. None of the GOP's bills "would prevent big corporations from taking advantage of their employees as Enron did,'' said Dick Gephardt and Martin Frost (D-Texas) in a letter to Speaker Dennis Hastert. "We fear that characterizing the committee-passed bills as a response to the Enron collapse would seriously mislead millions of Americans about the security of their 401(k) plans...
There are some outstanding people who run in Boston with amazing stories. For the last 22 years, 61-year old Dick Hoyt has pushed his son, Rick, in a wheelchair the entire 26.2 miles. Rick, who is 40, has had cerebral palsy since birth. He does not have the ability talk and is completely paralyzed. But he can smile. And every year, as Dick and Rick race by, hours behind the lead runners, they always get the loudest cheers...
...angry," says one Arab diplomat. "The perception is that the U.S. is giving, if not a green light, then an amber light." The Arabs continue to condition support for an attack on Iraq on American-led progress toward a settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, a demand Vice President Dick Cheney heard repeatedly on his swing through the region last month. "If the U.S. is worried about Iraq, forget it," says one diplomat. "In the war on terror, the U.S. needs the support of the Arab world. There is linkage whether they like...
...instance, the website of House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas) was among those blocked. Edelman said the system also blocked a flour store with a website called sexybloomers.com...
This explains why a group of normally compliant lackeys is suddenly standing up to their bosses in Washington. Vice President Dick Cheney was thoroughly embarrassed on his recent 11-country tour of the Middle East. One by one, Arab leaders refused to even countenance an attack on Iraq. “A strike on Iraq,” declared Jordan’s King Abdullah, “will be disastrous for Iraq and the region as a whole and will threaten the security and stability of the Middle East...