Word: virgil
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...campaign fund transfers, is also under investigation for dealings with lobbyist Jack Abramoff and former staffers. The former Chairman of the House Administration Committee, Ohio Republican Bob Ney, has been fingered by four people in a public corruption scheme tied to Abramoff. Florida Republican Katherine Harris and Virginia Republican Virgil Goode have also been caught up in spreading influence-peddling allegations. And Republicans Conrad Burns, John Doolittle and other Abramoff casualties are biting their nails while the feds investigate them...
...decision to portray the Muslim prophet in perdition. The cartoon borrowed an image from Dante's Inferno, in which Mohammed languishes in hell, sliced in two for the crime of "dividing" faith in God. Studi's editors then placed in the mouth of Dante's infernal tour guide, Virgil, the remark that a guy next to Mohammed "with his pants down" represented Italy's current policy toward Islam, which the magazine's editors apparently regard as too lenient...
...nearly all from people furious about the protests in which demonstrators "were blatantly stating their illegal presence in the country and waving Mexican flags." Mississippi Senator Trent Lott, describing the marchers, used language usually applied to the tantrums of children: "When they act out like that, they lose me." Virgil Goode, a Republican Congressman from Virginia, said, "If you are here illegally and you want to fly the Mexican flag, go to Mexico...
...fate. For everyone involved, housing assignments are slightly more stressful than getting your SAT scores and slightly less stressful than opening up the results to your post-spring break syphilis test. As we’ve been through this inferno before, the Bell Lap can be your latter-day Virgil and help you get a better sense of the corner of hell you’ll reside in for the next three years: Blocking Groups Unfortunately, you already picked your blocking groups and made terrible choices. Needless to say, our advice about “peaking too early?...
...into their behavior. Wade, former CEO of defense contractor MZM, pleaded guilty to bribing Cunningham and told investigators about how he reimbursed employees who gave to the campaigns of influential representatives. Records released in the Wade plea suggest the House Members are GOP Reps. Katherine Harris of Florida and Virgil Goode of Virginia. Harris released a statement Friday calling the revelations in the Wade plea ?an unfortunate reality.... I am confident justice will prevail and the guilty parties will be properly punished." Harris said she had attempted to refund the donations after press accounts first called them into question some...