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...along the lower Mississippi to the area of "the Natches," where he found "the most charming prospects in the world." By the mid-1770s, colonial explorers were following rivers everywhere into the country. They came from central and western New York by way of the Ohio; from Maryland and Virginia by way of the Tennessee; from western North Carolina through gaps and passes in the Appalachians to the Tennessee and Mississippi valleys, along river routes hundreds of miles long...
...Caldera to issue tougher guidelines in March re-asserting civilian control over the corps. But Caldera's efforts generated a rebuke from three senior Republican Senators: Robert Smith of New Hampshire, chairman of the Environment Committee; Ted Stevens of Alaska, who runs the Appropriations panel; and John Warner of Virginia, who heads the Armed Services Committee. The trio tersely told the Pentagon in April to leave the corps alone. Caldera's proposal, they said, could "compromise the professional and technical analysis performed by the corps...
...about coming to the meetings, he's very good about having us to the White House and having the Cabinet members there," sniped New Jersey governor Christine Todd Whitman. "That's all very nice, but what we wanted is more action and less of the big government things." Added Virginia's Gov. James Gilmore, another oft-mentioned veep candidate: "His Environmental Protection Agency has been aggressive to the point of really being very, very offensive, almost...
...wheel. Even more disturbing is the unduly harsh attack on Branagh. In a time when filmmakers rely increasingly on technological tricks, Branagh tells a story with clarity and poetic imagery. Love's Labour's Lost, his riskiest venture yet, floats like a feather on a summer breeze. VIRGINIA WILHELM New York City...
...Lawyers for Charles Dickerson, a Maryland man accused of several bank robberies in Virginia and Maryland, sought to dismiss his incriminating statements because he had not been read his Miranda rights before the police questioned him. The appeals court, known for its conservative stance, ruled against the defense, calling on a largely ignored piece of 1968 legislation that, among other things, deemed the reading of rights unnecessary in certain situations. That legislation, declared Justice Rehnquist, writing for the majority, was moot, because "Congress may not legislatively supersede our decisions interpreting and applying the Constitution." Rehnquist's appearance among the left...