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...Series History: Bill Cowher (Pittsburgh) and Jeff Fisher (Tennessee) rank 1-2 among the longest-tenured coaches in the NFL. Fisher holds a 9-6 advantage in the head-to-head series, as the Titans have won eight of the last 10 against the Steelers...
...perhaps no surprise, then, that Rushing suffered a resounding 118-17 defeat, garnering six less votes than even snowball’s-chance Republican candidate Bradley H. Jones Jr. With the notable exceptions of the courageous representatives who voted to end Finneran’s tenure, the rank-and-file membership showed the same cowardice that has kept Finneran in office for three previous terms as speaker. When a referendum instructing representatives to vote against Finneran for speaker appeared on the ballot in 18 districts last year, all 18 passed it—but only three of those representatives voted...
...Chancellor has been attacked in recent weeks for violating a key election pledge by raising taxes; going back on a second promise could be disastrous. Pacifist members of the Green Party, part of his ruling coalition, have warned that government support for an Iraq resolution would strain relations between rank-and-file Greens and party leaders, as well as relations between the Greens and Schröder's Social Democrats. Still, Schröder is keen to patch things up with Washington. He has agreed to allow U.S. forces to use bases in Germany and German airspace if war breaks...
...back into the closet. She issued damning indictments--agents were drowning in paperwork and lived in fear of offending the higher-ups. "There's a certain pecking order, and it's pretty strong," she said. "It's very rare that someone picks up the phone and calls a rank or two above themselves." And in the next breath she offered specific solutions: Can you give us a computer system that allows us to search phrases like "flight schools"? She was quick to admit what she did not know. When Senator Maria Cantwell asked her what advice she would give...
WATKINS: In January and February there were hundreds of e-mails, voice-mails, letters from the Enron rank-and-file employees. There was a sense of overwhelming relief because they had thought the top executives would get away with it. People were high-fiving; they were pumped. Now no one recognizes...