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Carrier could solve this problem by controlling humidity. But in '06, a cotton mill in South Carolina gave him a new challenge--heat. "When I saw 5,000 spindles spinning so fast and getting so hot that they'd cause a bad burn when touched several minutes after shutdown, I realized our humidifier was too small...
After the shutdown, Gingrich remorsefully talked of sidelining himself, of having "thrown one too many interceptions." Back then no one knew that this would be his habit. In June 1997 the issue was disaster relief. Republicans loaded the bill with blatantly partisan riders, assuming Clinton wouldn't dare veto it. The President did, within minutes of its landing on his desk, and the Republicans were blamed for flood victims' getting stranded. A coup ensued, but Gingrich prevailed, primarily because there was no obvious candidate to replace him. His response: a 12-point memo on the lessons to be learned from...
...Bright Side:] It was during the government shutdown that Clinton met pizza girl Monica Lewinsky...
Last Thursday President Clinton and congressional leaders came to an agreement on the allocation of $500 billion of the federal budget, likely averting a government shutdown like the one that crippled the nation in 1995. Both sides have claimed victory, but the most powerful lesson of the negotiations was the persistent power of our Chief Executive. An amazing testament to his resilience, Clinton was able to win concessions on education, relief for farmers and funding for the International Monetary Fund even as he faces removal from office...
...been really striking how the Democrats, in the minority and with their President facing impeachment, have handed Republicans almost all the losses in the budget fight," says TIME congressional correspondent James Carney. "Republicans have chosen compromise rather than risk the fallout of another shutdown." Dick Gephardt got to talk about saving the children, the teachers and other warm political fuzzies -- he was in such a good mood he thanked Al Gore. Republicans, despite all those Congressional seats, were strangely talking about what they had managed to save...