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...when the Senate comes up with its own version down the road, are already on the attack. None of the GOP's bills "would prevent big corporations from taking advantage of their employees as Enron did,'' said Dick Gephardt and Martin Frost (D-Texas) in a letter to Speaker Dennis Hastert. "We fear that characterizing the committee-passed bills as a response to the Enron collapse would seriously mislead millions of Americans about the security of their 401(k) plans...
...color war once and for all. Though the group was temporarily deadlocked between magenta and crimson, The Magenta reported that the tide of public opinion turned after a speech by “the man who caused all the trouble.” The unnamed speaker said that a decade earlier he had bought magenta handkerchiefs for the crew team only because of a lack of the crimson variety. He “completely silenced the skeptics,” The Magenta reported. A large majority of those at the Holden Chapel meeting voted for the original color...
...assignment. I try and be well-prepared before any event, presentation or assignment. Terry Bradshaw, one of my colleagues, is a very naturally gifted guy—as much as people maybe have a wrongful perception that he is a rube, he is a wonderfully gifted individual, an excellent speaker. He can get up and ad-lib. While I might be able to do that, I wouldn’t rely on it as a steady diet. That’s not my strength, and Harvard helped me understand that because of the wealth of talent that was there...
...after Barrios, who currently represents the 28th district, decided to seek a seat in the state senate, House Speaker Thomas M. Finneran (D-Boston) split the voters of this district into several others...
...problem with mouthing rhetoric is that it often leaves the speaker intellectually empty-handed. Such is the case with the column by Jason L. Steorts ’01-’03 (“Picking on Pickering,” March 22). Steorts’ argument that Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) is justified in his public threats of retaliation for Judge Charles Pickering’s defeat holds an embarrassingly low expectation of our leaders...