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...that end, Senate Democrats on Wednesday proposed a series of amendments designed to soften the bill, including several proposals making it harder for minors to obtain credit cards without their parents' signature. All were defeated, and the bill - which still enjoys wide bipartisan support in both houses - was headed for passage...
...success rate of typical Harvard parties, we fear that those seats may become filled and stay filled throughout the night. To deal with this possibility--as well as to prepare for the potential success for the Square's chic new bar--Daedalus should make a concerted effort to obtain as many drinking seats as possible...
...This was just an exercise in common sense," Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 wrote in an e-mail. "It seemed that some Faculty might not make it in today or tomorrow, making it hard for students to consult with them or to obtain necessary permissions, so after a brief consultation with the Registrar and a few others we decided just to let students turn in their forms a bit late...
...Meanwhile, in New York, the Times reports that Hillary's other brother, Tony Rodham, helped obtain presidential pardons for Edgar and Vonna Jo Gregory, carnival owners from Tennessee who were convicted of bank fraud in 1982. Rodham's spokesperson says that while Rodham did ask for the pardons, he never received money from the Gregorys. Rodham has, however, worked as a consultant for Edgar Allen Gregory for about seven years...
...victims are lured from home, their travel papers are usually taken away. The girls are then threatened with being turned over to local authorities as illegal aliens if they step out of line. Later, handlers tell them that they have been sold and that the only way to obtain their "freedom" is to work off their "debt," a threat that is repeated as many times as the woman changes hands...