Word: jersey
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...Perot '92 (and a current Institute of Politics fellow), "the difference with the current third-party movement is that the driving force is the process. Government itself is the specific issue. People are tired of the political class and how politics works." And when Washington insiders such as New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley chastise the system, and hint at potential third-party possibilities, the need for this solvent gains additional credibility...
...which must still pass both full houses of Congress, by making sure that hearings showcased the hardships of property owners and "ordinary people.'' Another successful tactic was to make an end run around the subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, which is headed by Jim Saxton of New Jersey, a moderate Republican who favors the law. Instead Young formed an endangered-species task force and turned it over to Representative Richard Pombo, a fourth-generation rancher from California's Central Valley who is at war with the Federal Government over land-use regulations. At Young's direction, Pombo scheduled hearings...
...uncertainties as to the magnitude of cause and effect. And yes, there is some disagreement on specific rises in temperatures and rainfall. But to just throw up your hands and say it is too late to do anything will only allow the preventable to happen. HOWARD MEAD Cinnaminson, New Jersey...
...hurting for invitations during the U.N. celebration. "Gorbymania, it seems, has given way to Fidelmania," reports Miami bureau chief Cathy Booth. Among those putting out the welcome mat for the Cuban leader: The Council on Foreign Relations, TIME Magazine, U.S. News & World Report publisher Mortimer Zuckerman and a New Jersey woman who invited him to a family cookout. The invitations will have to be local, though. By the conditions of his visa, Castro may not travel more than 25 miles from New York's Columbus Circle...
...latest visit to the U.S., Pope John Paul II went to New Jersey, New York and Maryland and brought to the United Nations an appeal for cultural diversity. He told his American audiences not to ignore the poor and the vulnerable, and he reiterated many of the themes--including his steadfast opposition to abortion--that have led to the greatest paradox of his papacy in the U.S.: widespread dissent from many of his teachings on morality but immense affection for him personally...