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...next Congress, under G.O.P. control, would be free to decorate GATT with subclauses sure to kill it because each one would have to be renegotiated with all 123 signatory nations. With its 26,000 pages of agreements and rules, GATT is a behemoth that just a few additions could tip over...
...like a bunch of darn fools." "Yeah," she replied. "You could do that." After winning his suburban Dallas district in an upset, he proved her right by spending his debut months in Washington dramatizing his frugality by camping on a cot in the House gymnasium. Evicted by then Speaker Tip O'Neill, he reluctantly retreated to a sofa in his office and later to a house in Maryland...
...staff really believes that additional information on the transcript will somehow tip off prospective employers and graduate school admissions committees as to the reality of grade inflation at Harvard (and other elite colleges), they are little out of touch with reality. We don't mean to reveal unsavory secrets, but the word is out: Harvard inflates its grades...
Even as a staff of 200 volunteers moves forward with planning, however, leaders acknowledge that winning the Olympics will not be easy. At least six other cities are competing for the chance, but community leaders say Boston's long-term organization may tip the balance...
Once in Congress, Gingrich excelled at turning ordinary exchanges into blood feuds. When he tore into Democrats who had sent a letter to Nicaraguan leader Daniel Ortega, Speaker Tip O'Neill described Gingrich's remarks as "the lowest thing that I've ever seen in my 32 years in Congress." Gingrich gained his reputation as a giant killer in 1987, when he brought the ethics charges against Speaker Jim Wright that led to Wright's resignation two years later. That positioned Gingrich for his successful 1989 run for minority whip, despite the fact that the House Republican leadership supported...