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...sent to Burton's aid are Ohio's Rob Portman and California's Christopher Cox, both of whom served in the White House counsel's office under Republican Presidents. Gingrich hopes their experience will prove valuable to an investigation that involves complex legal haggling with Clinton's counsel, Charles Ruff. But the Speaker's real goal, says a close adviser, is "to encircle" the chairman and "put him on a shorter leash." The leadership has added to its leverage by setting aside much of the money Burton requested for his committee in a "reserve fund." "We only gave him money...
...girl across the way," Peraud said. "In the beginning, we'd go and shut it, but it always got opened up again. Then my roommate drew up this petition for us to sign saying that it was okay to leave the door open." Another roommate in the group, Christian Ruff '98 added, "Whenever my roommate and his girlfriend fight, there are always ten people involved." Defeated, he said, "Now that it's open, it stays open...
...Center affirms that levitation, or "yogic flying," is possible for advanced practitioners. During yogic flying, says Amy A. Ruff of the Cambridge TM Center, the left and right hemispheres of the brain achieve "maximum brainwave coherence," which, she asserts, has a positive effect on world peace...
According to Ruff, during the "sidhi," or "perfection," TM conference in Washington, D.C., last summer, the crime rate there dropped 27 percent...
...James Ruff's energetic portrayal of Lindoro, the heroine's lover, saves was an otherwise anemic role. Of all the leads, ruffs arias are the most consistent, his crescendos gradual and never punched. Aside from needless in his opening aria, Ruff displayed Sunday night a mastery of facial mime and stage presence. His improvisation takes full advantage of the humorous license that Rossini gives his characters...