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While the decision augurs a new era in relations between the White House and Capitol Hill, there were predictions that it will take years to sort out its myriad implications and bring Congress into full compliance. At least 110 laws are still on the books containing legislative veto provisions, and they cover the gamut of Executive Branch functions. Procedural questions also remain unresolved. Most important is the issue of "severability": Which of the affected laws can be cleansed of their unconstitutional veto clauses, as the court last week ruled was permitted in the immigration law, and which laws must...
There are a myriad of other clubs around town that are well worth checking out as well, if you have the time or the money. In fact, money should not be insignificant in any of your plans about music this summer. You'll have to shell out at least 10 dollars and probably more like 15 to see any of the big names--like Gaye or Costello And in the smaller venues, the cover charge will probably range between five and 10, depending on the quality of the act So don't go wild with this smorgasbord of sound pack...
...comes yet more. Volume X, titled Companion, is a kind of Pepysopedia, ranging from biographical sketches of all the myriad characters to a 25-page essay on Pepys' passion for music. "Music and women I cannot but give way to, whatever my business is," he confessed. Volume XI, finally, is an index, bibliography and list of corrections, and with that, this handsomely definitive work is done...
...myriad of international organizations will split 10 percent of the collected pledges Included among these are Church World Service Crop, a group working to improve agriculture productivity in India and Thailand, and Oxfam-America, which provides food, clothing and shelter to the displaced in El Salvador...
People begin drinking socially for a myriad of reasons, including, most notably, peer pressure. But the answer to one question remains elusive: Why do people become alcoholics? In the continuum from a few too many drinks at a party to loss of control over drinking, where is the trigger point? Vaillant says that it is impossible to say, but at some level the casual drinker becomes physiologically and psychologically addicted to liquor. "You are an alcoholic," says Vaillant, "when you're not always in control of when you begin drinking and when you stop drinking...