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...million budget last night, rejecting a late motion to restore cut funds to three educational programs run by outside non-profit organizations. The motion, which had been postponed from the Mar. 24 budget discussion, drew sharp disapproval from Mayor E. Denise Simmons, who said passing the proposal now would upset the already balanced budget. “I am extraordinarily disappointed that this is before us,” she said. “I cannot say that more emphatically. It has a budget impact that will not bode well.” Claire B. Spinner, chief financial officer...
...didn’t really matter to a lot of people,” Di Pasquale remarked. “A lot of people didn’t care.”As for H Bomb, “I think some of the boys were upset that it wasn’t more erotic,” said Hrdy of its first publication. “I heard some say that there weren’t enough raunchy photos… But you know, our mothers really liked it.”Bezreh said that the reactions...
...game’s tying run. It appeared that Shaw would take first base on a hit-by-pitch, but the umpire ruled that Shaw did not attempt to avoid the pitch. Shaw flew out to left field to end the game.“We are obviously pretty upset getting swept at home,” co-captain Bailey Vertovez said. “We’re in a rut. We’re not hitting. We need to hit, and it’s frustrating because we know...
...program, and everything will keep clicking.”Wade is leaving Cambridge to join a VCU coaching staff headed by Shaka Smart, who was named head coach of the program last week. The Rams have made two of the past three NCAA tournaments, scoring a first-round upset over Duke in 2007.“We are going to wreak havoc on our opponents’ psyche and their plan of attack,” Smart promised in the press conference announcing his appointment.Wade and Smart coached together for Clemson during the 2006-07 basketball season, where Wade served...
...handling of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) rule providing conscience exceptions for health-care workers who for religious reasons refuse to dispense birth control or participate in abortion procedures has upset some Catholics for different reasons. As with the stem-cell decision, Obama's announcement that he would move toward rescinding the rule didn't come as a surprise. In addition, even Catholic leaders disagree about whether federal law provides sufficient protections without the rule, which was one of Bush's last acts in December. If scores of workers would be forced to violate their religious beliefs...