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...power, 51 of the state's 62 Democratic lawmakers packed their toothbrushes and at least one acoustic guitar last Sunday and ran away. Without a minimum of two-thirds of the 150 legislators in their seats, a vote can't be held, but a house rule allows the speaker to order the arrest of members trying to thwart a quorum and force them back to their seats. So, like Jesse James heading for the Oklahoma hills to evade Texas Rangers, the Dems waited until the cover of night, then met in small groups at an Embassy Suites parking...
...first one begins with the rise of a member of Iran's parliament, Mohammed Mossadegh, an impassioned speaker and popular politician who had long chafed at British domination over his country's oil. The Anglo-Iranian Oil Co., partly owned by the British government and a predecessor of today's British Petroleum, held the concession for all of Iran. It set production rates and prices as well as Iran's token share of the proceeds. Mossadegh sought a fifty-fifty sharing agreement, which was then becoming the common arrangement between other oil-producing countries and U.S. companies. The British refused...
...interview with NBC's Tom Brokaw three weeks ago. A Bush friend tells TIME that the President "wanted to take a big swipe" at Gingrich during the interview--but Brokaw never brought up the subject. According to an Administration aide, Bush's remarks were going to consign the former Speaker to the cohort of "babbling, divisive people" who have criticized the war. "He wasn't going to mention [Gingrich] by name," says the aide, "but it was going to be very clear." --By John F. Dickerson
...recent petition by students at the Kennedy School for Government (KSG) against the selection of Mass. Gov. W. Mitt Romney as commencement speaker raises valid issues of student involvement in commencement day activities. But the petition’s demand—that Romney should not speak—is simply a partisan effort against a conservative leader that should not influence the administration to change this year’s speaker...
...graduating students, a culmination of their academic experiences and a celebration of their hard work and future endeavors. Students, then, would be best suited in deciding who embodies the knowledge they have gained and leads the career they hope to emulate. At commencement, students should get to hear a speaker with whom they are comfortable and from whom they can learn. The decision of Joseph McCarthy, senior associate dean at the KSG, to discuss with the student government future student involvement in the selection process is praiseworthy...