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...unlike Paxon, who served in the leadership at Newt's pleasure, the other three hold elected posts and can't be removed by the Speaker alone. Besides, Gingrich's team has just two weeks to finalize a budget and tax-cutting deal with President Clinton before the August recess. "The Speaker doesn't want to waste time figuring out the intricacies of what happened," a Gingrich aide said. "He wants to move forward...
...having reneged on his 1992 campaign promise of a tax cut for the middle class, walked right into the Republicans' den and declared their treasure his. The best measure of his surefootedness was the way he unveiled his proposal: he picked the first day of Congress's July Fourth recess, guaranteeing the stage to himself and leaving the Republicans to rebut him with two junior members of their congressional leadership...
...school, which is in summer recess, a foyer sign reads WHERE GREAT MINDS COME TOGETHER. But in the office, where the black principal and the white principal sit 30 ft. apart, each said he did not know how the other felt about the controversy. "We've known for a while that the policy has to change," said Harold Kinchelow, for 24 years the black principal. But he was defensive about the status quo, which does, after all, keep two principals on the payroll. Theron Long, for 27 years the white principal, was more direct. "How can it be racist when...
...resembling the notorious John Doe No. 2 get out and run away. This is what she had said repeatedly for two years. Suddenly, though, Bradley, who lost a leg in the explosion, sank her face in her hands and said, "I need to talk to my lawyer." After a recess, she said she had seen two men leave the truck. The second man, she said, could have been McVeigh. Earlier this month, she told the defense she had seen another man, but Jones elected to call her anyway...
Reading period has come under criticism at the College for extending each semester beyond those of other schools, limiting student opportunities to find summer employment and spend time with family and friends during Winter Recess...