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...British political parties nominate candidates for life peerages, which give recipients the title of lord or lady and allow them to sit in Britain's 748-member upper chamber of Parliament. Under a 1925 law, the sale of honors is illegal. Police are now attempting to find out if some peerages recommended since 2001 by all major parties were given in return for donations and secret loans. (More than 90 people have been questioned so far, including former Conservative leader Michael Howard.) They are also investigating whether another law, which says that all donations of more than $10,000 must...
...week after Nintendo's Wii debuted in November, the Wall Street Journal reported that the gaming console was leaving some users as sore as the gym often does. Unlike traditional hand-held video games, where users sit on the couch exercising little more than their thumbs, the Wii (pronounced "we" not "why") features digital sensors that let users virtually play the game. In Wii Sports, a game that comes with the console, users mimic the motions used in sports like bowling, tennis and baseball. In other words, the game may be virtual, but the physical exertion is very real...
...note cards imprinted with the words SECRETARY OF STATE and filled with half a dozen key words distilled from hours of speed readings and briefings. She will let her hosts do most of the talking while she tries to assess their bottom lines. In a negotiation, she sits archer-straight, lowers her voice and deploys a laser-like glare. "You need to do better than that," she will say. "You can't sit there and tell me that is the best you can do." If you continue to resist, she will dismiss her entourage, then go at it, mano...
After graduating in 1986, Kagan clerked for two renowned liberal jurists: Abner J. Mikva, an appeals court judge, and Thurgood Marshall, the first black justice to sit on the Supreme Court...
What the squad lacks in size, however, may be made up in its team speed. Harvard’s offensive reigns now sit squarely on the shoulders of its captain, the team’s leading remaining scorer at 15.5 points per game...