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...that have sued the company, including New York, Microsoft has retained operatives with ties to the attorneys general to argue against the litigation. Former Republican Party chairman Haley Barbour is arguing Microsoft's position with Republican Governors. The company's other lobbyists include four former members of Congress--Republicans Rod Chandler and Vin Weber and Democrats Tom Downey and Vic Fazio--and former aides to Senate majority leader Trent Lott and House majority leader Dick Armey...
...right direction if Harvard were to do a purely generous deed and be seen to be doing so. As David A. Zewinski '76, associate director for physical resources and planning for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, said, "Given how much this development has been a lightning rod for community activists, [buying the site] does a lot for Harvard as a white knight...
...Given how much this development proposal has been a lightning rod for community activists, [buying the site] does a lot for Harvard as a white knight," says David A. Zewinski '76, associate dean for physical resources and planning for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences...
...black politicians to run for the U.S. Senate. So far his blandishments have fallen flat. Jackson admits that ALAN C. PAGE, the retired Minnesota Viking defensive lineman, is "reluctant" to give up a safe seat on the state supreme court to vie for the Senate slot occupied by Republican ROD GRAMS. Former Agriculture Secretary MIKE ESPY cites personal reasons for not running against Mississippi's TRENT LOTT: he not only owes $1 million in fees to the lawyers who won his acquittal on corruption charges last year, but he is also getting married, for the second time, in April...
...attack on roads and mines, however, that has made him a lightning rod for industry critics and their powerful congressional allies. "His objective is to terminate harvesting in the national forests," fumes Alaska's Frank Murkowski, chairman of the Senate's Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Murkowski and others have grilled Dombeck in more than 20 hearings, demanded thousands of documents and ordered a major investigation of his agency...