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With so many Republicans unwilling to vote for the Democrats' proposal, the only suspense was how many Democrats would defect and cross party lines. The expectations game played out all week; at one point there was giddy talk of as many as 100, then 50 became the watermark, but in the end it was just 31. Only a few did so because they thought the Democratic alternative wasn't tough enough. The rest are either retiring and thus free to vote their conscience, or in a tight election fight and want to disarm their G.O.P. opponent. "By voting for this...
...alarmed by the strange-looking $20 bills spilling out of ATMs this fall. The newly designed denominations, which go into circulation in late September, are just the Treasury's latest weapon against counterfeiters. The phony-proof paper features a larger portrait of President Jackson and a watermark that's visible only when held up to a light...
...campaign in a single line: 'To create, you must destroy.'" The band's promoters used the letters to help publicize its new album. Last week Gingrich's office claimed the letters were a hoax, despite being on the Speaker's stationery, complete with signature, gold seal and watermark. Band member Jay Blumenfield believes the letters are authentic. Still, he says, "it's becoming more and more sinister...
...artificial watermark is also printed on the back side of the paper, though one must strain and tilt the page...
Dutchman is, in many ways, a historical watermark. Written in the 60s by Amiri Baraka, the play is a radical case study of relations between the sexes across color lines, It's still particularly relevant and unfortunately may not be coming back to the Harvard stage anytime soon...