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...Washington was record speed. Daschle recounted what he had learned, including the possibility of spores spreading through the mail system to the House side of the Capitol, three blocks away. The men discussed the merits of shutting down the entire Capitol complex so that technicians could do a thorough sweep and see how far the anthrax had spread. Lott and Daschle say they thought it was just a precaution to consider; Hastert and Gephardt thought they had a deal that everyone would depart the scene...
...House Speaker Dennis Hastert and Minority Leader Dick Gephardt looked the worst last week, recessing their chamber early so technicians could sweep their side of the Capitol complex for traces of anthrax. They're still furious at Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, who received the anthrax- laced letter but announced that terrorists wouldn't scare the Senate into recessing early. (Hastert and Gephardt insist that Daschle reneged on an agreement the House and Senate leaders had at the beginning of last week to quit early. Daschle insists he never made such an agreement. Just for the record, Senate Minority Leader...
...caution Hastert and Gephardt displayed was vindicated somewhat when the environmental sweep turned up traces of anthrax in a House mailroom and, tragically so, when two District of Columbia postal workers died, perhaps from handling the Daschle letter, or other letters posted to members of Congress. Though six congressional office buildings remained closed for anthrax testing, the Senate went back into session on Tuesday with House members hard on their heels...
...second two games, the Big Red’s offense took over to complete the three-game sweep with victories...
Three Cornell players posted double-digit kill totals to lead the Big Red to its fifth consecutive victory and combine with Columbia to hand Harvard its first weekend sweep of the season...