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...that again? FM: How do you feel about splitting the bill with Gavin DeGraw? Do you know who that is? R: Nah, I don’t even know who that is. Who is that? FM: Well, he sings the theme song to “One Tree Hill,” if you’ve ever seen it. R: He sings songs on One Tree Hill? FM: He sings the theme song, it’s called “I Don’t Wanna Be.” R: Oh, ok, ok. You like...
Members of Congress love biofuels too, not only because so many dream about future Iowa caucuses but also because so few want to offend the farm lobby, the most powerful force behind biofuels on Capitol Hill. Ethanol isn't about just Iowa or even the Midwest anymore. Plants are under construction in New York, Georgia, Oregon and Texas, and the ethanol boom's effect on prices has helped lift farm incomes to record levels nationwide...
...Reformer's Burden For most other Senators, especially those lacking presidential ambitions, such untoward appearances would not raise much of an eyebrow. On any given day, thousands of lobbyists work their connections on Capitol Hill, hoping to obtain letters on their behalf or legislation in their favor. But for McCain, such questions become an issue of integrity. He is the one, after all, who regularly breaks the Senate's code of silence by alleging corruption by his peers. "Elected officials do act in particular ways in order to assist large soft-money donors," McCain wrote in a sworn statement from...
...very much a part of Harvard’s history, but not a part of its present,” he said. —Staff writers Clifford M. Marks and Nathan C. Strauss contributed to the reporting of this story. —Staff writer Jamison A. Hill can be reached at jahill@fas.harvard.edu...
...crisis unfolds will be determined not just in Beijing but also by the words and actions of a man who protects his people from afar, in his exile home in the northern-India hill station of Dharamsala. As a Buddhist monk, the Dalai Lama speaks unstintingly on behalf of all people's rights to basic freedoms of speech and thought-though as a Buddhist monk, he also holds staunchly to the view that violence can never solve a problem deep down. If the bloodshed gets out of control, he said in recent days, he will step down as political leader...