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...vowed to fight the bills in parliament where, with the support of a splinter party, it holds a razor-thin majority. Party chairman Lien Chan blasted the proposed legislation as an act of "political liquidation" designed to deflect attention away from Taiwan's stalled economy and Chen's inability to establish meaningful dialogue with the nation's chief adversary, China...
...trouble for Democrats, who have both eyes trained on a closely divided Congress and a razor-thin majority in the U.S. Senate, began Monday afternoon. First, Torricelli announced he was dropping out of the race for his seat, citing persistent accusations of ethics violations, including charges that he took improper gifts from contributors. Then, his would-be replacements signaled they had no interest in taking the reins. As the veteran Senator appeared before the press Monday afternoon, you could practically hear the party elders hyperventilating in the background...
...trouble for Democrats, who have both eyes trained on a closely divided Congress and a razor-thin majority in the U.S. Senate, began Monday afternoon. First, Sen. Torricelli announced he was dropping out of the race for his seat, citing persistent accusations of ethics violations, including charges that he took improper gifts from contributors. Then, his would-be replacements signaled they had no interest in taking the reins. By Tuesday morning, the ranks of possible candidates had shrunk dramatically. U.S. Rep. Robert Menendez, the presumed front-runner, told party elders he wasn't interested, saying he prefers to stay...
Galluccio—who has twice made a bid for a state representative seat, losing once by a razor-thin margin of fewer than 100 votes—would bear the onus of three losses in state elections if today’s election doesn?...
...talk? The unibrow went out with the mastodon. The trendiest Japanese are plucking their eyebrows into razor-thin lines, and they're painting their faces too: 60% of young men polled in Tokyo said they would use an eyebrow pencil. "I use eyeliner to make my eyes appear bigger when I go out," says a computer engineer nicknamed "Tomo...