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However jumpy people in Washington are getting about the Abramoff investigation, it has yet to make much of an impact with voters beyond the Beltway. When Ney appeared at the Chamber of Commerce's legislative luncheon in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, last week, he got only one question about it, and that was from a reporter. Some in his district say the allegations against him prove nothing more than what they always knew about politicians. "Why are they nitpicking with him?" asks Edith Gibson, 77, who says she appreciates the work Ney has done for veterans. "Is every other person lily...
...doubt the boss will be in a mood to attend." GENERAL GUILLERMO GARIN, spokesman for General Augusto Pinochet, on the former Chilean dictator's cancellation of a luncheon celebrating his 90th birthday, after he was indicted on human-rights charges and placed under house arrest
...That casting suggestion by NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams, responding to a playful question from TIME's Managing Editor Jim Kelly, reflected the dominant motif of Monday's Person of the Year luncheon at TIME's midtown headquarters. The consensus among the panelists assembled to nominate candidates for this year's award was that 2005 was dominated by news events authored by nature, rather than by humans, making it difficult to find individual newsmakers to fit the preferred terms of the award...
...daylong conference that First Lady Laura Bush held on Helping America's Youth, and he worked the crowd in one hotel ballroom for so long that a veteran cameraman said it was like having Bill Clinton back. Bush palled around with Democratic luminary Vernon Jordan at a luncheon and invited a group of military wives to suggest a gift for his 28th wedding anniversary. "Sorry I asked," he quipped when urged to give diamonds...
...large?” he asked. Summers responded that potentially life-saving faculty research and students’ future contributions to society make Harvard a worthy cause. On Saturday afternoon, parents were treated to the music of the Harvard University band while they ate at the Class of 2009 luncheon. The event was held at the Gordon Indoor Track and Tennis Facility so that parents could go to the Harvard stadium and watch the football team’s victory over Dartmouth. Overall, parents and administrators said they were delighted by the weekend’s events...