Word: passes
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...person in the world who thinks this could be a good year for the Eagles, but there you have it. The Cards are not in good shape, mentally or physically. They are also ? not incidentally ? entirely lacking in soul. The Eagles will trot out Donovan McNabb and try to pass him off as a passer, but he should keep his eyes peeled for the blitz. This will be a close one, with the Eagles eking out a 3-point...
...method was an abridgment of its First Amendment right to free commercial speech. In a 2-to-1 decision, the appeals panel wrote, "Although we may feel uncomfortable knowing that our personal information is circulating in the world, we live in an open society where information may usually pass freely...
...other large companies are expected to do the same. About 100 corporate and academic trustees of the business-funded Committee for Economic Development, a policy group that includes leaders from such companies as Mobil, Honeywell and Sara Lee, have signed on to a proposal to ban soft money and pass other reforms--and have sent a pointed letter to that effect to House Speaker Dennis Hastert...
...Capitol Hill, campaign-finance reform remains the crusade that can't quite succeed yet just won't die. Last year Shays' bill, co-sponsored by Democrat Martin Meehan, passed the House by a wide margin, even drawing 61 Republican votes. It is likely to pass again when it is brought up in September, despite attempts by the Republican leadership to kill it with parliamentary maneuvering. The real hang-up is in the Senate, where majority leader Trent Lott has promised that a bill co-sponsored by McCain and Democrat Russ Feingold will be voted on by Oct. 12. The measure...
...meeting of House Republicans, and party finance-staff members were dispatched recently to give members "education" sessions. And while the Republican National Committee strongly denied a report in the New York Times that it had started a category of $1 million donors, it has continued to recruit "Season Pass" holders--those who give $250,000 every two years--and "Team 100" members, who ante up $175,000 over four years. (Democrats have similar donor groups, such as "Leadership 2000" members, who have promised $350,000 for next year's election...