Word: jim
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...Some players have psychologists, some have sportologists--I smoke.' ANGEL CABRERA, after defeating Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk by one shot at the U.S. Open...
Well, the evidence so far is that they are neither. Charlie Rangel, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, and his ranking member, Jim McCrery, a conservative Louisiana Republican, have worked out a small package of tax cuts to add to the minimum-wage bill. Rangel has said he has no interest in raising taxes on the middle class. He has cited as his top priority fixing the alternative minimum tax, which he argues unfairly burdens middle-class families. He has also led breakthrough negotiations on free trade with Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Trade Representative Susan Schwab that...
...Certainly not with all the trouble Giuliani has been facing in recent days. The same day he lost his South Carolina chairman, Giuliani also saw his most prominent Iowa supporter sidelined, when former Rep. Jim Nussle was summoned to Washington to serve as new head of the Office of Management and Budget. The Long Island newspaper Newsday broke the story that Giuliani was a virtual no-show as a member of the Iraq Study Group - he was too busy making million-dollar speeches and other appearances, the article claimed - and resigned from the blue-ribbon panel after being told...
...Other problems remain. Jim Letten, the U.S. Attorney in New Orleans, pointed to the local D.A.'s office as a key candidate for improvement if crime is to decrease. He pointed specifically to the state's "section 701" release policy, which mandates that suspects need to be formally charged within 60 days or released. Due to lack of evidence or witnesses, approximately 3,000 people were released in 2006 under the section 701 rule. Since January of this year, about 2,100 criminal suspects in New Orleans have similarly been let go, a number Letten termed "disturbing...
...Senator Jim Bunning, a Kentucky Republican, Monday introduced the third controversial amendment, which would mandate the use of 6 billion gallons of gasoline made from coal (Bunning's original amendment failed the Energy Committee by one vote). Environmentalists across the board loathe this provision, which they say would result in massive increases of carbon emissions. "Coal to liquid is an unspeakable boondoggle," O'Donnell said. "It's an absolute abomination...