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...policy as major areas where women must take leadership. Calling the economic policies of President Bush and his allies in Congress “a strategy for disaster,” Stabenow cited the massive loss of manufacturing jobs overseas as reason to stop “a race downward.” She advocated more “fair” trade policies that interpret the economy in terms of “human beings,” and urged increased funding to public education to create a “level playing field” for American workers...
...girl, who is prone to corruption and seductive behavior that seems almost accidental. In fact, she makes childishly brash proclamations of her luxurious life but doesn’t seem to be aware of their sexually provocative insinuations. As such a dangerously tantalizing girl, Lulu entrenches herself in a downward spiral of intrigue, betrayal, and passion that always seems to leave her lovers dead...
...more than 150 yards, including three touchdowns in a win over Brown. It was in the game against the Bears, though, that Dawson was first hindered by an injury, leaving the field for a spate in the first quarter with a slight hip bruise.It was the start of a downward trend. The next week against Lehigh, Dawson was held to 59 yards on 15 carries as the Mountain Hawks stacked the box to contain him. He missed much of the first and fourth quarters, and after the game, Harvard coach Tim Murphy would call his tailback’s health...
...pipe burst in Cabot House early Friday morning, flooding rooms from the fourth floor downward and forcing students from their suites...
...steep incline, the town is seemingly suspended like a fairy-tale fiefdom above the endless flatlands below. The winding cobblestone streets make for a nice place to get lost (and easily found), and the well-preserved 12th century Norman castle, above, is a must-see. But it's the downward views that truly give the hillside hamlet an otherworldly aura. Look south and you'll see Sicily's rugged interior; up north there's the San Vito lo Capo peninsula; to the east, there's the road to Palermo; and to the west, the Trapani coastline and the Egadi islands...