Word: lawton
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...President's director of faith-based initiatives, isn't a typical Bush appointee. First of all, he's a Democrat. Second, his career trajectory never took him anywhere near the state of Texas. He worked on Capitol Hill for former Sen. Mark Hatfield, the Oregon Republican, and for Lawton Chiles, the former Democratic governor of Florida. He also had the distinction of being the late Mother Teresa's lawyer, and serving in her Calcutta mission. On Monday, seated under a picture of President Bush at prayer, Towey told a handful of reporters that he was leaving the White House...
...Rinere said.Prefect Shaan K. Hathiramani ’08 said the board first learned about the disbanding of the organization at a meeting with Rinere on Sunday. He added that Rinere told the board that the decision to dissolve the program was issued by top College administrators.Prefect Chris W. Lawton ’07 said the prefects should have been consulted before the decision to terminate the program was finalized.“There’s definitely going to be a big void to be filled in terms of the resources that we are providing...
...would have to be St. Lawrence because, without fail, something goes wrong. Freshman year we took a three-hour detour and the restaurant we were supposed to eat at had to reopen for us. Last year, we left Cassie [Lawton, the women’s hockey sports information director] at the rink so we had to drive back. Then we ran into snowstorm and we didn’t get home until 3:30 a.m. We almost got in an accident when we hit a deer. Our assistant coach, who is a vegetarian, was sitting in the front seat...
...this makes the climate loonies in the States realize we've got a problem, some good will come out of a truly awful situation." JOHN LAWTON, chairman of Britain's Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, referring to those Americans who deny what he says is the reality of global warming, a byproduct of which may be increased storm intensity...
Blanco is not the first Governor to learn those kinds of lessons the hard way. In 1992 Florida Governor Lawton Chiles came under withering criticism for waiting three days after the destruction from Hurricane Andrew before making a written request for the federal troops that were standing by with food and tents. As for FEMA, Chiles later said ruefully, it "may be well meaning, but they have no clout in the initial phase ... You've got to loudly and strongly and probably with all kinds of paper tell the White House what you need...