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...hosts who have held out for longer might get a pass from the strikers. Letterman's gesture of support for his staff this week, for example, appears to have won him a lot of goodwill. Bill Scheft, a striking Late Show writer, says that "we would have no problem" if Letterman were to go back on the air without writers. "We are thrilled that he is standing with us," says Scheft. "David Letterman on the air without writers, pissed off and talking about the strike, would be the greatest ally the writers could have...
...David McCullough was an English major at Yale. (He won for “Truman” and “John Adams,” but his earlier collection of essays, “Brave Companions,” is hands-down one of the best books to pass time riding on the T.) Yale also boasts several playwrights who’ve won Pulitzers, including Wendy Wasserstein, Thornton Wilder, and Doug Wright. Harvard winners include autobiographer Henry Adams class of 1858, novelist James R. Agee ’32, and poets ranging from Conrad P. Aiken...
...That doesn’t lead to very good air tambourining.”Guitar Hero and hideous shirts aside, Hopkins has come into his own in a deep Harvard secondary this season. After playing in all 10 games in 2006, recording 11 tackles, picking off one pass, and recovering a fumble, Hopkins became a defensive force in his first year as a full-time starter. This season, Hopkins is tied for second on the team in tackles with 48, third on the squad with three interceptions, and has added 10 pass breakups, good enough to tie for second...
...political candidates so far this cycle, 61% to Democrats, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, and their well-heeled lobbyists have been busy of late firming up opposition to the measure. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus has said he doesn't believe the House bill could pass the Senate - and any measure has to go through his committee. Instead Baucus is looking at other ways to pay for the package, though he has yet to elaborate on what they might entail. The Senate is expected to take up the matter in December...
...hikes - even threatening a filibuster if the Dems were to bring up the House bill. "The last thing the American people need right now is a massive tax increase which would be a dangerous jolt to our economy," said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. "Congress must pass a responsible fix to this middle class tax hike, the AMT; a fix that doesn't replace one massive tax increase on Americans with another." Some G.O.P. staffers say a "clean" bill could pass the Senate this week, meaning a bill that shunts the cost to the deficit or through cost-cutting tactics...