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...Hearing the objection, McCain dropped his amendment, but the incident left a bad taste with several of the committee's Democrats. They knew that smaller television companies were pushing hard to loosen the FCC rules. Two of those companies were Glencairn and Paxson Communications, which had hired Hector Alcalde to represent them before McCain, with apparently good results. One month after the hearing, McCain met with the head of Glencairn, Eddie Edwards. Nine days later, at least three members of the Edwards family gave McCain maximum donations of $1,000 each...
...agonizing decision, but agony is something she knows far too much about. The 52- year-old Dijon schoolteacher suffers from a rare disease that has left her disfigured by facial tumors, which will also damage her brain over time and eventually kill her. Her demand that French political leaders loosen laws against euthanasia has been rebuffed, so Sebire now awaits a judge's decision on whether existing legislation allows doctors to assist her in ending her pain-racked life. "I no longer accept this enduring pain, and this protruding eye that nothing can be done about," Sebire told RTL radio...
...rely on Bryan Cranston’s charisma. I’m confident enough in Cranston’s talent as an actor to believe that this show can go to some pretty crazy places without totally losing its connection to reality. If the writers are willing to loosen up the plot a little and let Cranston do the work for them, ”Breaking Bad” could have real staying power. And if not, I’m sure it won’t be long before we see Cranston headlining another show. Are you paying attention...
Rapid urbanization, the growing intellectual and economic independence of women and the dislocations of World War I had all helped loosen traditional morals. As Americans read Sigmund Freud's dark warning about the effects of suppressed desire, writes Historian Geoffrey Perrett, "sexual freedom appeared to be scientific, more or less." By 1926 F. Scott Fitzgerald testily complained that "the universal preoccupation with sex had become a nuisance...
...Sean Gil rounded out the winners by taking the pole vault after clearing 4.80 meters. “I did less event work during the break, so it made me more inconsistent,” Gil said. “As the day went on I did start to loosen up a little more and the distance of my run increased, which is good.” The women’s squad also saw a trio of second-place finishers. Stanton cleared 3.65 meters in the pole vault, a season-best, while fellow senior Danielle Mirabal took second...