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...bought at a loss by the Federal Government. A recent study, commissioned by Democratic Congressman George Miller of California, showed that fully a third of the Government's $535 million annual spending on irrigation water flows to farmers who receive other agricultural subsidies. Miller has introduced legislation to halt this double dipping...
...control speeds, provide directions and prevent head-on collisions. A period has the unblinking finality of a red light; the comma is a flashing yellow light that asks us only to slow down; and the semicolon is a stop sign that tells us to ease gradually to a halt, before gradually starting up again. By establishing the relations between words, punctuation establishes the relations between the people using words. That may be one reason why schoolteachers exalt it and lovers defy it ("We love each other and belong to each other let's don't ever hurt each other Nicole...
...thought a bill passed by the Missouri legislature in April would ban ATVs in the river; the new law requires riders to have a landowner's permission to ride the river. The catch is that much of the Black River is still unposted, and the law has failed to halt the nightmare. "These things destroy the ecology of the river," says Larry Koeler, a Centerville lawyer, of the ATVs. "Some drivers drain their crankcases in the water. And if you're running a machine with oil and gas through the water, some of that gets in the river...
...borders, frustrated lawmakers ask an understandable question: Why not unleash the world's mightiest military machine to tackle the task of protecting the nation from this invasion? Thus the House earlier this month passed a wondrously simple antidrug amendment that directs the President and Secretary of Defense to "substantially halt" drug smuggling by air and sea within 45 days. The Air Force and Navy would "locate, pursue and seize" all vessels carrying drugs and "arrest their crews." The military would also provide blanket radar coverage of the entire southern border to detect nighttime flights of contraband. Presto. Pass a bill...
They said that passage would be possible as long as the Senate votes to halt debate by conservative Republicans, a process begaun yesterday by Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) who petitioned to end discussion. That measure, known as a cloture vote, cannot come up for a vote before Thursday...