Word: provisionally
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The states are not alone. "Anyone who believes the settlement would actually free manufacturers with competing technologies is living in fantasy land," says Ken Wasch, president of the Software and Information Industry Association, an industrywide lobbying group Microsoft once belonged to. His problem is that Gates has a long history...
Some banks offer audiotapes of donors and photo matching--a process by which the bank will find a donor who resembles a photo, often of a partner, submitted by the client. Xytex Corp. of Augusta, Ga., goes so far as to offer adult photos and even videos of willing donors...
To pass the bill, the House leadership also catered to other special interests, giving the American Federation of Musicians a provision exempting musical instruments from carry-on baggage restrictions and kowtowed to the airline industry by removing a provision that capped executive salaries for airlines receiving a $15 billion assistance...
In several instances, Republicans agreed to modify the harsh language of their original proposal. The Bush administration had asked for indefinite powers to detain immigrants, and Congress settled on a seven-day limit. The House also imposed a sunset provision on expanded surveillance measures—permission to use certain...
To help make its argument, BMS added a slew of new lobbyists to its force, including GOP insider Haley Barbour. Longtime lobbying powerhouse Tommy Boggs took Bristol-Myers' CEO for sit-downs with lawmakers like John Dingell, the top- ranking Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee. And BMS...