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CONGRESSMAN ZACH WAMP, Republican of Tennessee, after the House of Representatives reversed a rule change that would have allowed majority leader Tom DeLay to retain his post if indicted. The House later changed another rule to make it harder to oust DeLay if any charges are brought...
...Crimson dodged two bullets late in regulation while trailing by three, as Tennessee Tech corralled a loose ball. But Harvard tied it up and the Crimson ran down a blocked shot to retain possession. Harvard launched two threes, missing both, but junior forward Matt Stehle tipped the second in to pull the Crimson within one, 81-80. Golden Eagles forward Willie Jenkins hit one of his two free throws, giving Harvard one last chance with 4.8 seconds remaining, trailing...
...democracy, he'd step down as army chief. In December 2003, Musharraf made a public vow to a block of legislators that he would mothball his uniform by the end of last year. But in a special address to the nation last week, Musharraf explained: "I have decided to retain both offices. In my view, any change to internal or external policies could be extremely dangerous for Pakistan...
...Crimson dodged two bullets late in regulation while trailing by three, as Tennessee Tech corralled a loose ball, but Harvard tied it up and the Crimson ran down a blocked shot to retain possession. Harvard launched two threes, missing both, but junior forward Matt Stehle tipped the second in to pull the Crimson within one, 81-80. Golden Eagles forward Willie Jenkins hit one of his two free throws, giving Harvard one last chance with 4.8 seconds remaining, trailing...
...have advanced any number of explanations for the hypertension problem in the black population. One of the most intriguing--if least provable--has been that the brutal conditions aboard slave ships crossing the Atlantic served as a sort of adaptive choke point, selecting for people with a tendency to retain salt and water. This allowed them to survive the murderous journey without succumbing to thirst but predisposed their descendants to hypertension. Dr. Lawrence Appel of the Johns Hopkins University School of Med-icine believes that modern-day African Americans do process sodium a bit differently from whites and may even...