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...strike's impact was far-reaching. Comedy clubs in New York City began paying their comics as well. Clubs that were springing up around the country were then forced to boost their fees too, to lure more top comics out on the road - launching the comedy - club boom of the 1980s. All of which was part of laying the groundwork for a culture in which comedians turned TV hosts help set the national agenda and have would-be Presidents as guests. Letterman and Leno may look more like management than labor these days - more Mitzi Shore than strikers. But they...
...limiting the last-minute enthusiasm any campaign can whip up. On the other hand, registered voters may participate in any primary they choose. Democrats can vote Repulbican, Republicans can vote for Democrats and Independents may vote for either party. Until the votes are counted, no one can say what impact independents and party-switchers might have...
...pump, designed to move as much as 6 million gallons of water per minute, "would impact aquatic ecosystems on a massive scale," the EPA's Lawrence Starfield wrote in the letter. The Army Corps acknowledges that it would damage 67,000 acres of wetlands; the twelve Corps projects the EPA has vetoed in its history would have damaged a total of less than 8,000 acres. And scientists say the pump's actual devastation would be more like 200,000 acres, which is why 541 of them signed a letter calling for a veto. The Clinton Administration dismissed what then...
...Effective liberty,” he argued in his book “Liberalism and Social Action,” “is a function of the social conditions existing at any time” that “signifies release from the impact of particular oppressive forces...
...Poll of California Democratic likely voters. Overall, Clinton leads Obama 39% to 27%. "I doubt that he can win the Latino vote," said Mark DiCamillo, head of the poll. "But if he can make it a little more manageable, two to one or less, that would certainly make an impact? He could win California without winning the Latino vote. Narrowing the margin, that is probably what he's after...