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...President Bush, whose father's veto pen stopped the last campaign finance reform to make it through Congress, is lying low on the issue. In a meeting with House leaders on Thursday, Bush told them, in essence, "I'm not going to be your backstop," according to a participant. The President doesn't want to have to veto. In fact, White House officials were making noises about compromise. And for the record, Bush asserted Friday, "I look forward to a bill and am confident they will be able to come up with a bill that I can sign...
...such reasons, online insurance sales are still in their infancy. A study by Mercer Management Consulting found that insurance lagged all other financial services in Internet usage. That's in part because many insurers, fearful of alienating their pen-and-pencil agents, have been reluctant to launch aggressive online products...
...overly tempting credit card offer? Charge your way through some lean years and need a way out? Or just fallen on hard times? Three words: Chapter 7 bankruptcy. But you'd better hurry - an overhaul of bankruptcy law is through the Senate and on its way to the waiting pen of George W. Bush...
Harmaini, headman of the village of Padang Japang, is a political dinosaur. The calendar in his office is a year old and his pen and paper supply ran out weeks back. But the 63-year-old shows up everyday in a freshly-pressed safari suit, does some retirement planning and is actually eager to welcome his imminent replacement, a village chief elected in a whole new way. "I'm relieved," he says, "that we'll finally be going back to a system that truly suits our community...
...lawyer, arranging prison visits and protecting her husband's rights, she began sharing tea and tales with the wives of other political prisoners in Hangzhou. One of them was an outspoken college student named Shan Chengfeng whose husband, Wu Yilong, had co-founded Wang's party. Shan's sharp pen had won her a national essay contest, and she had written much of the party's material. Unlikely allies, the two women took their cause public. Late last year they rounded up 28 signatories for an open letter urging the International Olympic Committee (i.o.c) to appeal for the release...