Word: similarities
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Foley is thinking along similar lines. Several proposals for limiting honorariums (as lucrative speaking fees paid by special-interest groups are euphemistically labeled) are being considered by a bipartisan House panel. The plan considered most likely to succeed would gradually phase out speaking fees as House and Senate salaries increased from their present level of $89,500. Thus a 7% pay raise would be accompanied by a 7% lowering in the earnings allowed from speeches, which at present are 30% of salary for a House member and 40% for a Senator...
...same time, hot gases, being lighter, rise from the interior to the surface, while cooler, heavier gases descend -- a process called convection (similar to what occurs in a hot oven). As a result of these massive convection currents and the differing rates of solar rotation, the magnetic lines of force begin wrapping around the sun like ropes. The wrapping action stretches the ropes and creates magnetic fields so strong that they repel the surrounding solar gases. In effect, this makes the magnetic regions lighter than the gases, and they begin to rise. Some reach the surface and become sunspots, dark...
...former Kirkland House resident was found guilty of six counts of armed robbery earlier this month by an Orange County, Calif. jury, but was acquitted of four similar charges of robbery...
...similar approach to athletic publicity at B.U. and Harvard should make Veneziano's adjustment easy. Both colleges have a large varsity program without a dominating emphasis on one or two sports--usually football and basketball--that one finds at most universities...
...weakened the stringent new regulations of the bill, the President warned, he would veto it. By week's end Bush prevailed when the House approved a strong bailout bill by a vote of 320 to 97. In all, 46 Republicans voted against the measure. Since the Senate passed a similar version in April, Bush's plan to rescue the thrift industry is likely to go into effect next month...