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...committee (21 Democrats, 17 Republicans) from falling prey to the "animosities, partialities, influence and interest" that Alexander Hamilton warned in 1788 could make a mockery of impeachment proceedings. Rodino himself stirred the first controversy on the committee last October by ramming through a party-line vote giving him the sole power to issue subpoenas. Accused of partisanship, Rodino backed off and agreed to share subpoena powers with Michigan's Edward Hutchinson, the committee's ranking Republican...
...Cornell, sole owner of the Ivy cellar position and an 87-36 loser to Penn a week ago, hung on in the final half, though, repeatedly whittling the Harvard lead to 12 points to stave off the expected Crimson romp...
Meriwether apparently felt uneasy about the idea of having only one white in the program; he thought she would feel uncomfortable as the sole white in the program. So he and Crooks called her in and asked her to withdraw from the federally-funded program and accept what they called "alternative funding" and to go the regular Summer School instead. She refused, and now says Crooks's alternative funding offer--which included free room, board and tuition and the same $500 stipend that students in the Health Career Summer Program get--was an "outright bribe...
...China regarded the Paracels as important enough to warrant the use of arms, especially when Peking has been portraying itself as a peaceful member of the Asian community. Certainly neither the guano deposits nor swallows' nests nor tortoise shells nor edible sea slugs that constitute the islands' sole resources could have prompted the Chinese to use force. More likely, they may want to stake an early claim to potential oil reserves under the sea bed near both the Paracels and the Spratly Islands farther south. For the same reasons, of course, Saigon also covets those regions...
...slight indentation in the sole of your shoe, indicating experimentation with a type of pedal used only to operate a tape recorder...