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...Slow the revolving door. Former members of Congress and their aides must wait a year after leaving their posts before lobbying former colleagues. Lawmakers want to double the waiting time to two years. Chance of passage: 90%. Less likely: extending the ban to five years. Meaningless extra: the House will probably pat itself on the back for barring former members turned lobbyists from exercising their right to return to the House floor or mingle in the House gym--a step that sounds tough but isn't. Said a G.O.P. lawmaker: "By the time we get to the floor, we already...
...anything, such words encourage G.O.P.ers. Emboldened by the expectation that Alito's victory is secure, they are happy to drag out the debate an extra week. Doing so may produce a bonus by moving a vote confirming Alito closer to the State of the Union address on Jan. 31, allowing the President to showcase...
...trades corsets and curls for padding and a monobrow in her new film about an ugly but magical child minder, Nanny McPhee. Over tea, the Briton tells TIME's Rebecca Winters Keegan why Mary Poppins got it wrong, why becoming a parent at age 40 requires a bit of extra effort and why she stores her Oscars...
...Those extra temptations?which the communists largely eradicated after taking power in 1949?have wreaked havoc on marriages, with 1.6 million Chinese couples divorcing in 2004, a 21% rise from the year before, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs. "Before in society, we had a sense of right and wrong," says the China Sexology Association's Hu. "Now, we can do whatever we want. But do we have any moral standards left...
...looked at the photos over a cup of gourmet coffee, I thought I should never again complain about having to wait in line an extra minute or two or having to shovel the walkway after a snowstorm or gripe when a store is out of my favorite item. The next time I get upset over trivial, everyday things, I should step back and look at the big picture. Jeffrey N. Achber Laconia, New Hampshire...