Word: repped
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...earned the avid gambler a seat in the World Poker Tour Championship, to be held next April in Las Vegas. Affleck outlasted a former world champ and fellow action hero Tobey Maguire at the tourney in Commerce, Calif., to "become a respected member of the poker elite," a casino rep said. Now if only the star of such clinkers as Paycheck and Gigli made smarter bets on his films...
...prominent members of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce—Committee Chair Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Higher Education Subcommittee Chair Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon, R-Calif.—have introduced H.R. 4283 to the full committee for deliberation. For the first time since the law’s inception in 1965, the bill proposes the elimination of the base guarantee...
...there's more bad news for ICE on the horizon. According to a letter sent Tuesday to the DHS inspector general by Rep. Jim Turner, the top Democrat on the House Select Committee on Homeland Security, ICE is in danger of violating a federal law against overspending its budget - part of the problem stems from technology flaws with the agency's financial management system. Turner wrote that his staff's interviews with ICE employees had turned up claims such as funds being transferred on a daily basis to ICE from its parent DHS agency to avoid shortfalls; ICE pilots going...
...found something that I cared about, and maybe that’s why I was so scared at first. I became an executive, and in turn, I adopted the role of the newsroom bitch. I gave everyone grief, earning quite a few enemies while cementing a rep as the sports girl with an attitude. I could never quite put a finger on why I took on this aggravating role, only knowing that I did love the paper and felt the experience rewarding even if I didn’t always show it. So then I got an internship through...
...debate over Harvard’s investment even reached members of Congress. Rep.-elect William R. Ratchford, D-Conn., told The Crimson that Harvard’s divestment from South Africa-related stock could influence national and international governments against apartheid...