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...believe Clinton needs a certain level of violence in this country," the NRA official told a visibly startled Cokie Roberts. "He's willing to accept a certain level of killing to further his political agenda." This is a familiar song, of course - sung at a more abrasive and confrontational pitch. Clinton wants to expand gun-show background checks to include a 72-hour waiting period for those gun buyers whose criminal or mental-health records aren't immediately available. NRA officials counter that such a time frame is too restrictive and that the technology is, in most cases, already available...
...years Greg Dougherty has been a Spare Change vendor, his smile and sales pitch have become a fixture in Harvard Square...
...Giants is being brought in with communal fanfare. In less than two months, play will begin in Pacific Bell Park, "The Sweetest Little Park in Baseball" they are building in downtown San Francisco. In fact, since February, the team and the phone company have coordinated a "Park Pitch Road Trip," through which the ball that will used for the first pitch in the new stadium has been on tour. The folk of Sacramento, Chico and Berkeley have had a chance to throw the ball and symbolically take part in the opening. The celebration will culminate Opening...
...extremely popular with voters - and widespread public support could be crucial to the success of Clinton's plan, particularly in an election year when politicians are more susceptible to constituent pressure. While the President can initiate the legislative aspects of the program without congressional approval, he will have to pitch the budget-straining components - like a $20 million pledge to found the Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety - to Capitol Hill...
...People in the future will be able to drive down the road and, through voice commands, take the drums from a Led Zeppelin song and put Billie Holiday's vocals on top of them and then play the whole thing backward and twice as fast but at the original pitch...