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Republicans said signs for Miers were more ominous than ever. Even staunch Bush supporters suggested he might be better off starting fresh with a new pick. But James T. Dyke Jr., a White House official who is working with Miers, told TIME, "Is it easy? No. Are we making progress? Absolutely...
...north of Rome, has run courses for children. Husband-and-wife team Assuntina Antonacci and Claudio Pierotti teach bambini of all ages how to prepare traditional Italian fare, using the estate's organically grown herbs and vegetables. While parents relax in the 16th century country house, their sprogs concoct fresh pasta, tomato sauces and jams. Pierotti, a trained sommelier, even introduces the idea of wine appreciation. But there's no wine tasting for the tykes?that pleasure is for parents only...
...PUNCHBOOK: to make comments on punches prior to a meeting, e-mail . Comments will be compiled & made anonymous by the punchmasters, and distributed at the beginning of each punch meeting. Use the punchbook to: * make comments on girls while your impressions are fresh on your mind following an event. * say something you don’t feel comfortable saying in person at a meeting. * make both negative AND positive comments, so long as they are substantive...
...retirees. If ratified by the union membership, the retrenchment will hasten the end to company-subsidized health care for all retirees. From 1988 to 2004, the share of employers with 200 or more workers offering retiree health insurance plunged, from 66% to 36%. The end result: a fresh and additional burden on retirees. Concluded a report by the Kaiser Family Foundation and Hewitt Associates: "For the majority of workers who retire before they turn age 65 and are eligible for Medicare, the coverage provided under employer plans is often difficult, if not impossible to find anywhere else." For retirees over...
...spokesman has also held out the possibility of giving better cooperation to U.N. investigators in the future. But Syria's problems aren't about to go away. Mehlis says he needs two more months to complete his inquiry because of the Assad government's halfhearted cooperation. That charge gave fresh ammunition to Syria's critics in Washington and Europe, who are threatening to pursue economic sanctions against the regime if it fails to make a full accounting of its role in the Hariri hit. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is consulting with allies and, according to State Department officials...