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...Bush lacks the political clout he had during the last election cycle when he passed the Medicare drug benefit. After the speech, House Republicans, who have already passed an immigration bill that's all border security and lacking a guest-worker program, felt free to disparage the President. "I'd rather have no bill than a bad bill," said Rep. Peter King, the New York Republican, told Fox News's Bill O'Reilly after the President's speech. Roy Blunt, the House Whip and among the most habitual Bush loyalists, dismissed the plan, saying he had "real concerns" about moving...
When Carlos Lopes, the managing director of the Hotel Bel-Air, asked a breakfasting guest early last year what he thought of the renovations to the suite he was occupying, the guest replied, "Well, it's not my personal taste." Fortunately for an unnerved Lopes, the man eventually added, "But my wife loves it." It turned out to be a rare bit of negative feedback about the venerable property's $20 million upgrade, which is now fully complete. "Overwhelmingly, the patrons said the new look was in keeping with the image," he recalls. "So I was able to sleep...
...Forgive Lopes for being slightly neurotic. The secluded California landmark, set amid five hectares of palms, redwoods, primroses and bougainvillea in the canyons abutting Beverly Hills, has been an international icon of luxury since it opened in 1946. Its guest registry has included an assortment of Rockefellers, Marilyn Monroe, Howard Hughes and Grace Kelly, as well as Prince Charles, Oprah Winfrey and Julia Roberts. For many glitterati, the Bel-Air serves as a second home. "I've never managed a hotel where the clientele is so loyal, has such high standards, and feels so proprietary about it," Lopes says...
Senate negotiators, eager to rejuvenate the immigration-reform proposal that stalled before their Easter break, agreed last week on a bill that would create guest-worker programs--Bush aides say the President will veto any reform that lacks such initiatives--and introduce steps to crack down on illegal hiring that could affect all Americans. The bill, to be debated this week, authorizes 1,000 new customs officials to focus on investigating forged documentation and toughens rules on what identification must be presented to potential employers. U.S. citizens would have to show a passport or a controversial new-format driver...
...strong as we could,” Sampson said.FAS administrators have also tightened departments’ unrestricted budgets, asking chairs to use funds that were “restricted” for specific purposes by their original donors. As a result, some departments have trimmed their programs for students, guest lecturers, and trips to out-of-town conferences.“We are talking about small amounts of money, but major reduction of the comfort level and demoralization,” P. Oktor Skjaervo, the chair of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, wrote in an e-mail.And...