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...down. Last year, for example, the Nevada Senator staged a one-day filibuster, standing on the Senate floor and talking for eight hours and 35 minutes straight to put majority leader Bill Frist hopelessly behind schedule on other bills that he wanted to rush through before the Thanksgiving recess. Reid planned everything carefully, down to his diet. So he wouldn't be forced to go to the bathroom and lose his right to the floor, he ate only a slice of wheat bread and a handful of unsalted peanuts for breakfast, kept Senate pages from refilling the water glass...
Carlisle believes that the changes to tailgate traditions and general confusion about what will happen this year won’t significantly decrease how many students from Yale make the trek to Cambridge during their Thanksgiving recess for The Game...
...shocking turn of events, no female Cantabrigians were groped by roving bicyclers this summer, according to HUPD reports. The summer recess followed 12 assaults in the space of four months last semester, four of which involved bike-by ass-grabs...
...trial period for extended hours ends before the winter recess and the decision to make it permanent depends on student use. The driver will take account of who enters and exits the bus at each stop...
...muster even a majority, much less the two-thirds needed--was another embarrassment. Frist press secretary Nick Smith blames the legislative failures on "Democrats more concerned about a political message in an election year." But if the legislative record doesn't improve after the Senate returns from its August recess, Frist could be facing trouble. --By Douglas Waller