Word: frist
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...payroll taxes--seems to have won over Congress the old-fashioned way: a wave of grass-roots support. Republican Senator Pete Domenici of New Mexico has been pitching the plan for the past month. But he was getting nowhere until fellow Senators began hearing from constituents. G.O.P. Senator Bill Frist of Tennessee mentioned the idea at an economic conference at Princeton and was startled by the enthusiasm it generated among business leaders and students alike. Senate G.O.P. leader Trent Lott, on a trip home to Mississippi, says the idea was talked up by a satellite-dish installer and the clerk...
Despite a false scare over some white powder found at Princeton’s Frist Campus Center last Monday, anthrax has not been detected on either campus...
...need only look to the Frist Campus Center at Princeton or the Collins Center at Dartmouth to see examples of successful student centers.The Frist Center is a spacious six-floor building appealing to the many facets of student life. The lower levels include a warm and welcoming lobby space for students to hang out, a performance space that can host events ranging from student bands to large student group information sessions and a large dining area. The middle floors host the services that students use most, like the campus bookstore and a package and mail center, but also include...
When Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.), 98, briefly collapsed in the Senate chamber on Tuesday, Sen. Bill Frist (R-Tenn.), a heart surgeon, came to the rescue. The Senate recessed...
...With an eye on controlling both houses, Frist, who heads up the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the group in charge of returning the Senate to the GOP in 2002, closely monitors how folks in his state (and in other states with Republican senators) are reacting to the shrinking surplus. He knows it will be a favorite topic in attacks from across the aisle, but stands firm in his message. "The Democrats clearly are going to use it," he told me. "Our commitment is to balance the budget and to fuel the economy. The way you can do that is with...