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Mindful of anything that may look like the heavy hand of a nanny state at work, George W. Bush's Administration has focused its anti-obesity efforts primarily on public education. Former Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson wore a pedometer to tout his department's Small Step initiative. But pressure for bigger strides is building. Says Harkin: "This is not just a personal problem. It's a public-health problem." He wants the Agriculture Department to regulate all food--not just meals--being served in schools. The rules now are set at the state and local levels, with...
...This is the best show that they’ve done in this theatre all year,” raves tech crew member Courtney E. Thompson ’09. “You look at the cast and not one person is unfit for their role. You can see the actors lose themselves in their roles. That is what theater is all about...
...that Howard Baker, who was Senate majority leader, chief of staff to Ronald Reagan and ambassador to Japan for this administration, had placed a call to the White House on Tuesday and "sent a direct message" to Chief of Staff Andrew Card urging him to hire former Senator Fred Thompson of Tennessee as a top adviser to help inject some new blood. Last July, Bush named Thompson - a lobbyist and former Law & Order actor - to counsel his first Supreme Court nominee, who turned out to be John Roberts, through the confirmation process. CBS quoted Baker, who has previously complained that...
...world,” said BMF officer Bryan C. Barnhill ’08. Each senior was celebrated in a video and then serenaded by an underclassman before receiving an award. “It’s just made my year,” said honoree Tanya A. Thompson ’06, as she thanked the BMF for the award in her video. The personal serenades were a new addition to this year’s program. They “were a very personal touch that I appreciated,” said award-winner Laws. After...
...novel in his Alex Cross series, Patterson knew he'd written a best seller--so he took control of the way it was designed and marketed. When his publisher told him it wasn't interested in running a TV campaign, he called in a few favors at J. Walter Thompson and shot the ad with his own money. He wasn't jazzed about Spider's cover, so he redesigned it. "They'd done a cover that had a kid's sneaker on it, with a little blood on it, and I went, I don't know, it didn...