Word: kohl
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...like Leno and Letterman, the capital is also buzzing about his health. After all, the man has had four heart attacks, and though he's only 5 1/2 years older than Dubya (Cheney turned 60 last week), his physique is decidedly old school--more like former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl's than our gym-addicted President's. Does he have the stamina to be the most powerful Veep in history...
...that Daschle came out against Ashcroft - opposing this nomination has become a Democratic issue. It won't sink the nomination by any means, because there are enough Democrats who will vote for him. On the Senate Judiciary Committee, two Democrats are still hedging their bets: Russ Feingold and Herb Kohl, both of Wisconsin. Feingold will probably vote for the Ashcroft nomination, and that could mean Kohl, who's really held off making any judgment on Ashcroft, will follow his lead...
...held conservative ideology, they demanded, influence the way he'd enforce the law of the land? Absolutely not, replied Ashcroft again and again, in an increasingly injured tone. "I know the difference between enactment and enforcement." Undeterred, his assailants kept up their attack well into the evening. Democrat Herb Kohl, who lackadaisically probed Ashcroft about his policies as governor of Missouri, seemed to wonder what all the fuss was about; the Wisconsin senator sighed as he wrapped up his questioning. "You know, you'll probably be confirmed...
...Harvard's history shows that this isn't a good idea. Harvard currently owns $16 million worth of combined stock in Kohl's and Target department stores, both of which sell clothing that is produced in notorious sweatshops. Last June, an attempt to organize for an eight-cents-per-item raise was brutally crushed by management in a factory producing clothes for Kohl's and Target, which fired hundreds of workers to teach them a lesson, according to the National Labor Committee. Harvard's sizable holdings give it the power to influence their labor policies, and yet Harvard has taken...
According to Henderson, Kohl's has hired two nationally recognized third-party organizations to monitor and report on any rights violations...