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National monuments are different from national parks like Yellowstone or wilderness areas such as Washington's Mount Rainier, which can be designated only by Congress. Monuments can be designated by the President, who also sets the rules by which they are run. Typically, development is sharply curtailed...
...years ago, he found a project that promised to be just the ticket: The Score, a crime flick that opens this week. And he didn't just get a cast, he got a Mount Rushmore of actors: Marlon Brando as Max, an elderly homosexual crook orchestrating the biggest heist of his career; Robert De Niro as an aging thief ready to retire from his life of crime; and Edward Norton as a smart young punk eager to begin...
...presidency and for getting Congress to pass campaign finance reform. Gephardt, who's exploring a run in 2004, has staked his legislative reputation and perhaps his future campaign, on the measure. McCain, who hasn't gotten over his primary loss to George Bush and might be tempted to mount another try if W falters, wants desperately to pass the bill that so stirred his grassroots support...
...wasn’t long before Boe outgrew what the community college had to offer, and one of her professors encouraged her to apply to continuing education programs at local colleges like Smith and Mount Holyoke. Her initial reaction? Fright. “I’d rather take a trailer into Manhattan during rush hour,” she remembers thinking...
...Beijing will mount credible games because they?ll have great audiences and spend a lot of money making sure the structures are good. . They?ll do a wonderful job on the technical front. It?s the spirit and soul that I?m worried about...