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...Steelers teams of the 1970s and now a commentator for ABC Sports. Swann has begun testing the political waters, launching an exploratory committee and making appearances at grass-roots gatherings. At 53, Swann doesn't have any electoral experience, and so far he's been mum on his agenda except to say he is antiabortion and pro--gun rights. He has enlisted members of the team that helped vault Tom Ridge from obscure Congressman to Governor in 1995. Some think Swann could have the same appeal as another charismatic political neophyte--California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Swann is chairman...
...jeopardy. Could the little girl be flown to Sydney sometimes to see her dad? Do the trips to Sydney tire her out? These are some of the questions the court is grappling with. Recently, Rob read in a school newsletter that his daughter had been made class captain. Great! - except that she was using her stepfather's surname and the spelling of her Christian name had been changed. "My ex-wife would be happiest, I have no doubt whatsoever," Rob says, "if I disappeared and kept sending the (child support) checks...
...What's stopping some observers from getting too excited about the government's plan to enshrine "equal responsibility" in the Act is that it's essentially already there. Amendments in 1995 made explicit that, except in extreme circumstances, "parents share duties and responsibilities concerning the care, welfare and development of their children . . . (and) agree about the future parenting of their children." In addition, says Sydney family lawyer Hamish Cumming, assurances along these lines do little to mollify parents who feel their kids are slipping away from them. "When you try to say, 'Don't worry, you have the same level...
...Today [the road map] has no meaning except as a slogan,” he said. “We have to define what the obligations actually mean...
...reputation that Summers has been struggling to overcome since before he took over the Harvard presidency. A 1999 story in the Times reported him pleading with a journalist that “he would like to be described in the newspapers as anything except the ‘the brilliant but acerbic Larry Summers...