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Instead, the lege passed welfare-reform measures that were strict but somewhat more forgiving, with three-year time limits and provisions that the able-bodied must work. It also extended the child-health-insurance program to 200,000 more children. "In my experience, when given a choice between compassion and noncompassion, Bush invariably takes the noncompassionate path," says Elliott Naishtat, a Democrat who chairs the powerful house committee on human services, which handled the welfare bills. "Punishing the kids to get the mom to cooperate is not acceptable and not compassionate. You don't have to do it that...
...standards. To achieve compliance, Houston will have to reduce nitrous-oxide emissions as much as 90%. Faced with this crisis--and the presidential race--Texas officials are moving quickly to draw up new plans to reduce emissions. And Bush has asked his regulators to consider adopting California's strict auto-emission standards. "It's funny--the closer he gets to the general election," says Ken Kramer, director of the Sierra Club's Texas chapter, "the more of an environmentalist he becomes. But his record doesn...
From the first day of proceedings, Judge Joseph Teresi quickly put that fear to rest. Teresi, an affable but extraordinarily strict presence in the courtroom, does not suffer fools - or ringing cell phones, which he confiscates - gladly. He is widely appreciated by reporters covering the trial, in large part because he refuses to entertain the attorneys' urge to hear themselves speak, and while he considers every motion carefully, the trial is moving along at whiplash speed. In a little more than two weeks, the prosecution has presented its entire case and all four accused officers have taken the stand...
...twins have laid down strict rules for the village: consumption of pork, eggs and alcohol is forbidden. Smoking, though, is clearly allowed. "Some who didn't believe in [the twins] were punished and asked to leave the village," says Father Augustine. He thinks their unchallenged authority derives from their reputed ability to predict danger and the way they are able to defuse personal disputes in the village. "This kind of power is a gift, a strange gift...
...into this situation in the first place? When I set up accounts for my daughters last year, I put strict controls in place: e-mail only from people on their buddy lists, no chat rooms and no wandering around the Web. These things were automatically blocked under AOL's pre-set Kids settings. After a while, however, I upped their ratings to Young Teens because adding people to the buddy list every time they got an e-mail address from a friend was a pain. A few months ago, the girls started clamoring for Instant Messaging privileges--all their friends...