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Instead there is Agriculture Secretary Edward Madigan, a former Congressman from the Illinois farm belt, whose commitment to food producers was clear almost as soon as he took office last March...
...Unhappy with the new geometry, the meat and dairy industries began pressuring Secretary Madigan to prevent the pyramid from being publicly disseminated. One month after he took office, just as the pyramid was going to press, Madigan caved in. His rationale: the new chart needed more study, specifically concerning children and low-income Americans. Never mind that it had already undergone extensive consumer tests and review by 30 government and university experts...
...Edward Madigan...
...Kevin Costner) who dreams of bringing Shoeless Joe Jackson back to earth for one more game. The great outfielder may have helped throw the 1919 World Series, but the farmer idolizes him and his Black Sox teammates for their innocence! So with the help of his trusting wife (Amy Madigan) and a crusty black author (James Earl Jones) who doesn't mind that all the old major-leaguers were white, he plows down his cornfield to erect a ball park and populate it with phantoms...
...choice of Gingrich, a former history professor, may mean an era of confrontational politics in the House, where Democrats outnumber Republicans 258 to 174. By selecting the aggressive Gingrich over his mild-mannered rival, Illinois' Edward Madigan, House Republicans signaled that they want more lash in their whip. "We had a choice of being attack dogs or lapdogs," said a G.O.P. lawmaker. "We decided attack dogs are more useful...