Word: dicks
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With early but clear signs of a meltdown flashing around them, Gingrich and the rest of the House leadership, including majority leader Dick Armey and House whip Tom DeLay, went into the final phase of a furious attempt at damage control. Within a day of Forbes' announcement, Paxon and Armey had organized a giant conference call connecting more than 100 House Republicans. From his home in Marietta, Georgia, Gingrich connected by phone on Tuesday morning with Armey in Washington. "I need an honest appraisal," Gingrich told him. "How does it look...
Some Republicans even plan to be nicer to Democrats. After the election, House majority leader Dick Armey was on the phone congratulating about 30 Democrats. Democrats are also being asked by committee heads like Ways and Means chairman Bill Archer to join in on, say, transportation-tax bills, at the outset. "If a Democrat's name is on a bill, it sends a signal about caring," says a senior G.O.P. Senate staff member. Now ain't that sweet...
...Sciences, also said that the GRE in its current form does not always test for the right skills. “Whether I know the word ‘adscititious’ doesn’t change the opinions I’m going to have about Moby Dick,” Bennett said. Beyond the material, the ETS is also revising the way the exam is administered. Currently the GRE is available nearly every day—but only in specifically enabled GRE testing locations. The new test will be Internet-based and available almost anywhere...
...accident has occurred on the moon. Did Joe Chip survive it? In a world in which science and drugs blur the line between life and death, reality and hallucination, even he isn't sure. Dick spins the stuff of sci-fi into an existential nightmare you'll never be quite sure you've awakened from...
...week will likely be full of stories depicting either GOP "division" or "disarray." Washington is abuzz with rumors that an indictment could come as soon as this week in the CIA leak case. Both Karl Rove, the president's top political advisor, and I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, could face charges. Bill Frist, the top Republican in the Senate, remains under investigation for a stock sale that that has raised suspicions of insider trading, while a prosecutor in Texas continues to go after Tom DeLay, who was forced to leave his post...