Word: lames
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...tied down negotiating concessions for lawmakers on other committees and failed to officially submit the treaty until last week. Hollings declared that he would invoke his right, as Commerce chairman, to delay consideration in the Senate for 45 days. Senate majority leader George Mitchell responded by scheduling a special lame-duck session for Nov. 30 and Dec. 1. Leaders of both parties say they have the votes for GATT to pass today, but that could change over the next two months...
...order to adjourn as quickly as possible. The House approved and sent to the Senate for its expected approval a stringent ban on gifts from lobbyists. The Senate, unable to overcome bitter partisan differences, walked away from campaign-reform legislation but agreed to go back for a post-election lame- duck session in order to vote on global-trade legislation...
...remember being intimidated and nervous when we were freshmen. We plan evening events to help freshmen meet their classmates, relax, and most importantly, have some fun. There is nothing "lame" about...
...resignation. The policy gap between the three blocs squabbling for power -- Hata's coalition, the conservative "Liberal Democrats" and the Socialists -- was so great that they could not even agree on when to hold more talks. Hata, meanwhile, stays on as caretaker and looks to be the second consecutive lame-duck premier Japan will send to the G-7 economic summit, to be held July 8 in Naples. The P.M.'s fall is considered bad news for the Clinton Administration; Hata had begun thawing relations between the U.S. and Japan...
...there for the Crimson. Likely point scorers Chris Niemi (shot put), Killian Lonergan (distance), Brian Henry (800) and McConnon (10,000) all sat out because of injuries. Joe Ghartey was less than 100 percent. Matt Wachowicz, after showing marked improvement in the 400-meter hurdles competition, pulled up lame with hamstring troubles in the 4x100 relay, robbing Harvard of another third or fourth-place finish...