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...Susan Dodd and Verlyn Klinkenborg, who both teach writing at Harvard, contribute effective pieces to Townships. Both writers ask a similar question in their essays, Dodd in her first sentence and Klinkenborg in his last: what is this place where...
...Rummage," Dodd describes places she has lived and how they have affected her. The seven short sections of her essay spotlight moments from her life, ranging from a childhood Halloween to her college years. Her fractured chronology coupled with her original imagery is powerful and energetic and leaves the reader with vivid impressions of her life...
...market. Declared Congressman Edward Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat who chairs a subcommittee that oversees Treasury bond trading: "The issue is the integrity of the most important financial marketplace in the world." Markey blamed lax regulation for permitting Salomon to display "a cavalier disregard for the rules." Democratic Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut demanded that Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady conduct a "full review" of the department's auction rules. With a $300 billion federal budget deficit to finance, Washington cannot afford to scare any bond buyers away...
...that, stories abound of close encounters with Teddy in many different stages of intoxication. There are now famous tales of his drinking bouts in Capitol Hill restaurants, notably a favorite, La Brasserie, with Connecticut's Senator Christopher Dodd. Stories also abound of a drunken Kennedy making passes at women and, in one case, having sex with a woman lobbyist on the floor of a private room in La Brasserie. The latest reports from Palm Beach -- those involving Ted anyway -- suggest behavior that is merely a bit off: taking the younger generation out drinking in clubs in the middle...
...have been correct" notwithstanding -- it does demonstrate that he responds to pressure. That somewhat undercuts the belief that nothing short of war is likely to nudge Saddam out of Kuwait. "The Bush Administration ought to have more faith in its own diplomatic skills," said Democratic Senator Christopher Dodd. "Saddam's pledge to release hostages is pretty good evidence that you don't have to pull the trigger to get his attention...