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...break with a 17-7 lead.“I’ll give him all the credit in the world,” Holy Cross coach Tom Gilmore said. “He’s a very good football player, he’s a great runner, he’s got great vision, he can break tackles. A lot of times you get a kid that’s that skilled, they’re not that tough or they’re not a physical blocker, and in this case...
...editorial control. For Rather, that means he can pursue stories without worrying about what the suits upstairs think. "Free people in a democratic system need hard news," says Rather, who plans to roam the country in pursuit of serious stories and heavy hitting interviews. "I am an all-day runner and a long distance hunter." The Ratherisms too are back...
Graham, 51, so confounds political labeling that his fellow apostate McCain, 70, has dubbed him "my illegitimate son." Like McCain, the presumed front runner for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008, Graham has a voting record that defies the headlines he creates. From the time he introduced his first piece of legislation in the South Carolina General Assembly, a bill barring gays and lesbians from serving in the state's National Guard, Graham has hewed to the right on social issues. He got a 96% rating from the American Conservative Union last year, and a zero from NARAL Pro-Choice...
...three Republican Senators are scuttling the party leadership's plan. Two are Senate stars - John Warner, head of the armed services committee, and John McCain, the party's front-runner for the 2008 Presidential campaign. The third, Graham, is the youngest and most conservative. But his role may be the crucial one. As the Senate's only serving judge advocate general in the armed forces, he carries authority on the subject of military trials and he has made it clear that he will oppose any attempt by either party to turn what he calls the "legal infrastructure...
...What?s more, Boeing, which had been considered the front-runner for the new contract, has hardly distinguished itself in space of late. It is the prime contractor for the incomplete and largely useless International Space Station, a project that was originally envisioned as a lean, $8 billion operation and is now projected to cost a cool $100 billion. That?s by no means all Boeing?s fault, but nor is it to the company?s credit...