Word: nelsons
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...Nelson has been in the senate for all of two months, but he knows what the George W. Bush treatment feels like. Not just the win-a-little-nickname treatment (Bush dubbed him Nellie) but a far more punishing one--the kind that can make a politician sweat. A Democrat and former Governor of Nebraska, Nelson was onstage with Bush at the Omaha Civic Center last Wednesday when the President set about tickling the crowd of almost 4,000. Pointing out both Nelson and his Republican colleague, Chuck Hagel, Bush declared, "I know that when it comes to doing...
...Senator won his seat last fall by the narrowest margin in state history. Bush, who crushed Gore by 30 points in Nebraska, was sending a clear message: a vote against the tax cut would be a vote against a President who was more popular in Nebraska than Nelson. It might even be political suicide...
Sure, Jeff Nelson's loss will hurt. Without Nelson, the Yanks may not have defeated Oakland in the playoffs this year. Nelson was incredible in the pivotal Game Five against the Athletics, pitching an inning and a third, allowing no hits or runs and striking out two. He did not allow a run throughout the five-game series against Oakland...
...Maine attack is paced by freshman forward Karen Droog, who has scored 20 goals and 12 assists on the season. Defenseman Kelly Nelson, with 24 points, also poses a threat on the offensive...
...more such peddlers proliferate, the more politicians will be tempted to invoke prohibitions. Four U.S. states?California, Louisiana, Michigan and Rhode Island?have already banned human cloning, and soon Texas may become the fifth. Republican state senator Jane Nelson has introduced a bill in Austin that would impose a fine of as much as $1 million for researchers who use cloning technology to initiate pregnancy in humans. The proposed Texas law would permit embryonic-stem-cell research, but bills proposed in other states were so broadly written that they could have stopped those activities...