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Unfortunately, the current plans contain few reforms, and there's just enough lard to provide grist for refuseniks. Criticism of the stimulus measure, along with the withdrawal of two Obama appointees who have had tax problems, has put the White House on the defensive. On Feb. 3, Obama summoned network-television anchors to Washington for prized Oval Office interviews and let it be known that he had hectored Democrats to strip pork out of the package; that sound bite was overshadowed by Obama's concession that he had "screwed up" in the Tom Daschle nomination. By the next...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Spend the Stimulus | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

...fight this unjust verdict with every ounce of energy I have." It is possible that in Alaska, with oil prices tanking, voters could decide that their state will have a hard time building the kinds of roads, bridges and schools they've come to expect without Stevens there to lard up the federal budget...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Last Stand | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

...brand could be enough to win him election. After all, with oil prices tanking, voters could well buy Stevens' implied argument for his candidacy - that the state will have a hard time building the kinds of roads, bridges and schools they've come to expect without Stevens there to lard up the federal budget...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Ted Stevens Still Win Alaska? | 10/28/2008 | See Source »

...creative writing led him to volunteer before the opening of 826 Valencia, the program’s first writing center, in Feeney’s hometown of San Francisco. He had no experience with tutoring, so the program administrators assigned him odd jobs such as filling giant buckets with lard to help prepare the “pirate supply store” in the center’s lobby, a fully-functioning storefront that sells everything from glass eyes to message bottles. In addition to his volunteer work, Feeney became one of the first students to enroll in 826 Valencia?...

Author: By Mark A. Vanmiddlesworth, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: SPOTLIGHT: Kevin J. Feeney '08 | 4/25/2008 | See Source »

...Sleep in a Tub of Lard and Look 20 Years Younger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Late Great Weekly World News | 8/30/2007 | See Source »

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