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...words of DeLay aide John Feehery, "come-to-Jesus time." This would be the final bill before the House adjourned for its month-long August recess. A defeat, in Gingrich's eyes, meant that the budget battles scheduled for the fall would suddenly be much, much harder. At such a moment as this, a traditional Speaker might have reached into his pocket and pulled out a water project here, an Air Force base there to secure the last votes he needed. But Gingrich has little in common with his predecessors; he has never even chaired a committee in Congress, where...
Yigal Amir chewed gum, grinned and played to the cameras as he went on trial for the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. Although the 25-year-old law student freely admits to the murder, Judge Edmond Levy immediately granted the defense a recess until January 23 so the lawyers would have time to study the evidence, possibly to seek technical grounds for a plea of not guilty...
...will be replacing the Freshman Union, which is being converted into office space for several departments in the humanities. Loker is not set to open formally until January 4, but the administration has opened the doors early as a sort of "sneak peak" before students leave for the holiday recess...
...skylight will lighten up the great hall and the floor below through a recess in the floor of the atrium. The final renovation plans were reviewed and supported by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the same organization who bestowed the award last year upon Harvard for the restoration of Harvard Yard...
Although a short article in the May/June issue of the Harvard Alumni magazine stated that "the committee invites comment" about the proposal, the HBLSA writes that "the article appeared during a period in which students were either preparing for finals or embarking upon their summer recess...If the committee's goal was to solicit input from a large number of individuals, its timing could not have been worse...