Word: repping
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...Pentagon study is certain to be used as ammunition by the China bashers in Congress. "By 2010 China will have almost twice the number of submarines - not the same capability, but almost twice the number of submarines - as the United States," Rep. Tom Allen, D-Maine, warned at a recent House Budget Committee hearing. Senator James Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, said at a recent Senate Armed Services Committee hearing that during the 1990s, Beijing's military procurement "increased by 1,000 percent...
...headliner. The CEB is already taking steps to increase their transparency and increase communication with students. Next year’s process of choosing of artist will take a student poll into account, and tonight, undergraduates have the opportunity to mingle with their house’s CEB rep in the dining hall. It is a mistake to think that the CEB can please everybody with one artist, but soliciting student feedback will do nothing but guide the CEB and make students feel as if their preferences are valued...
...Jesse Jackson coming second with 25% - Dukakis got 72 delegates and Jackson 67. To get the delegate count she needs to make a Texas win count, most observers believe Clinton needs a 60%-plus win; to get that, she must hope that 70% of Latinos break for her. U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar from Laredo, an early supporter of Clinton and a pragmatic politician - as a state representative he supported candidate George W. Bush in 2000 - says he is supporting Clinton because she can hold Hispanic moderates in the general election...
...stem these abuses. As a first step, it should pass the Downed Animal and Food Safety Protection Act, a bill that would ban the slaughter of any downed animal—including pigs, sheep, and other livestock currently sold diseased into the food supply. Next, it should take on Rep. Chris Shays’ (R-Conn.) Farm Animal Stewardship Purchasing Act, which would ensure basic humane standards on the farm, in transport, and in slaughter...
...debut movie was praised to the skies when it opened in 1941. But the resemblance of Charles Foster Kane to publisher William Randolph Hearst cued a campaign to suppress the movie, and Kane flopped in its initial release. In addition, many in the industry rankled at Welles' boy-genius rep and may have resented the freedom this first-timer was given by his studio, RKO. Under these circumstances, it's probably a miracle that the film received nine Oscar nominations, including three for Welles as actor, director and co-screenwriter. In the end, it won only for the screenplay...