Word: rump
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...federal spending over the next seven years. The plan would eliminate the departments of Energy, Commerce and Education, cut cost-of-living increases for federal pensioners, slash foreign aid sharply, and zero out Clinton's pet achievement, the national-service program. Even during the retreat, House members were forming "rump groups" to contest specific cuts, particularly the farm subsidies that Kasich has slated for major reductions. The hysteria will mount this week when Senate Budget Committee Chairman Pete Domenici makes his plan public-a plan without the salve of tax cuts...
...overwhelming," House Speaker Newt Gingrich said today. But "people have already started screaming and yelling," one Republican told TIME congressional correspondent Karen Tumulty, adding that House members have been asked to look at the list and "categorize the top three they'll get blasted for." Already, Tumulty says, "rump groups" of disgruntled members are forming -- most notably, within the House Agriculture Committee, whose programs would suffer deep cuts. The true test of Republican commitment to their revolution, Tumulty notes, is whether they can really eradicate entire bureaucracies...
...living increases for military pensions. "People have already started screaming and yelling," one person at the retreat told TIME congressional correspondent Karen Tumulty, adding that House members have been asked to look at the list and "categorize the top three they'll get blasted for." Already, Tumulty says, "rump groups" of disgruntled members are forming -- most notably, within the House Agriculture Committee, whose programs would be cut sharply. Outside analysts tell Tumulty that the true test of Republican commitment to their revolution is whether they can really eradicate entire bureaucracies.MONEY Online
...living increases for military pensions. "People have already started screaming and yelling," one person at the retreat told TIME congressional correspondent Karen Tumulty, adding that House members have been asked to look at the list and "categorize the top three they'll get blasted for." Already, Tumulty says, "rump groups" of disgruntled members are forming -- most notably, within the House Agriculture Committee, whose programs would be cut sharply. Outside analysts tell Tumulty that the true test of Republican commitment to their revolution is whether they can really eradicate entire bureaucracies...
...sites, are constantly giving archaeologists more information to work with. Also, dating techniques are becoming more refined. It used to be that scientists needed to test a large sample of paint to pinpoint its age. And, says anthropologist Margaret Conkey, "no one was willing to scrape a bison's rump off the wall." Now it takes only a tiny sample. French prehistory expert Arlette Leroi-Gourhan estimates dates by using pollen particles preserved on cave floors...