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Against Hartford the Crimson showed how poorly it was capable of playing. Ferrucci, who was the Crimson's leading scorer that day with four goals, seemed to be pulling his team along like a stubborn dog on a leash...
...House counsel's office under Republican Presidents. Gingrich hopes their experience will prove valuable to an investigation that involves complex legal haggling with Clinton's counsel, Charles Ruff. But the Speaker's real goal, says a close adviser, is "to encircle" the chairman and "put him on a shorter leash." The leadership has added to its leverage by setting aside much of the money Burton requested for his committee in a "reserve fund." "We only gave him money for this year," says a leadership aide. "That way, if he tanks, we can pull the plug...
Those arrangements include requiring proctors to carry personal liability insurance, obtain proof of vaccination, comply with Cambridge leash laws and provide the FDO with the name and telephone number of a local veterinarian, among other rules...
Once customers are in the door, the successful sub-prime lender keeps them on a tight leash. Within days of missing a payment, the delinquent is contacted to work out a new repayment schedule. If that doesn't work, repossession of car, house or other collateral often follows quickly. And when loans do go bad--in some parts of the industry, losses run 10% or higher even during good times--in-house or outside collection agencies and networks of "repo men" may be called in. Independent bill collectors alone employ an army of 65,000 people, who deploy everything from...
Brigadier General James C. Hill reported that he yanked the leash on two powerful enemies of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide rumored to be plotting a coup. Hill said he summoned to his office Franck Romain, a former Port-au-Prince police chief and mayor and former army chief Williams Regala, to warn them to stop their reported schemes against Aristide's government. TIME Miami correspondent Tammerlin Drummond reports: "Many Haitians feel that these former military leaders are just lying low until the last U.S. troops leave to make their move. There have been unconfirmed rumors of plots around Mardi Gras...