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...papers or stopping the mail. He did have to resuscitate his education plan, persuade lawmakers to vote for his industry-friendly energy proposals and get his preferred version of HMO reform through the House. And so a President not known for working overtime managed to grind out a string of victories. The House easily passed Bush's energy package, which includes the Alaska drilling provision the pundits had declared dead. His education plan moved toward resolution; the Senate even passed his $5.5 billion emergency farm-aid bill after Democrats dropped demands for more money. And the President's biggest...
...create long-lasting Lycra bucks b) eliminate the penny c) put Pikachu on the $13 bill d) print prefolded bills for more efficient g-string tipping...
...real estate developer, natch. That's why the Indio water-pump operator, who maintains the machinery that taps the city's aquifer, can't help muttering expletives while staring at Shadow Lake, a string-bean-shaped body of water that appeared last year. "I've lived here 50 years," says Wameling, "and I never expected to see someone waste water on a lake in the middle of the desert...
...that money, they argue, Bush could be forced to raid sacrosanct Medicare and Social Security trust funds. "This new Administration inherited the largest budget surplus in our nation's history," complains John Spratt, senior Democrat on the House Budget Committee. "Yet after only five months, the record eight-year string of improving budgets is over...
...first time in my long string of internship experiences, my fears proved unwarranted. Within the first few days, my boss had me performing experiments for my own small project. I became engrossed in learning as much as possible about the molecular biology techniques used in the lab. For all purposes, I became a scientist. My 40-hour week quickly expanded to 60 hours, and I did not even notice the difference. Now, I even go in on Sunday afternoons to prepare experiments for the week...