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...Actually, the fans in Oakland are a lot more abusive towards me than they are in Toronto. I think a lot of fans really respect me in Toronto, it's always tougher to be booed at home," he said...
...putting experienced handlers in charge, as was done with Judge Clarence Thomas, Bush waited until last month to assign the task to Andrew Card, a Sununu deputy with little congressional savvy. Already facing opposition in the Senate, Gates, whose confirmation hearings begin next week, will find the going even tougher as questions about the agency's role in Iran-contra continue...
Though New York State last week decided to allow Salomon to bid on some state treasury and Urban Development Corp. transactions, Moody's Investors Service was not so lenient: it downgraded Salomon's credit rating. The downgrading may further weaken investors' faith, making Buffett's job that much tougher...
...need access to free prenatal care. Companies should provide flextime and compressed schedules for working parents so that they can have more time with their families. We need mortgage subsidies for young families and tougher enforcement of child-support laws. We should throw sand in the machinery of divorce, force parents to think about what they are doing. We must hold parents accountable for the welfare of their children, and ourselves responsible for the care of America's youth. Otherwise we will not make it. Our standard of living will steadily decline. And the truth is, only a society that...
Hundreds of pickets have ignored the ruling, and more than 2,000 arrests have been made. Many protesters have been hauled off more than once. Early last week Kelly ordered federal marshals to get tougher with the demonstrators and issued his jail-or-else warning. In support, abortion-rights advocates outside one of the clinics began to wave toothbrushes at Operation Rescue volunteers. Meanwhile, the judge accepted protection from federal marshals: anonymous threats had been phoned and mailed to his office and home. "This has been the most awkward and stressful time of my life," Kelly said. "It's scary...