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...squandered all the goodwill that flowed toward the U.S. after 9/11 and made a monumental mess of the Middle East, turned the U.S. into the biggest debtor nation in the world, divided the country, flunked on all the important domestic problems and is losing South America. R. Walter Weller Strathroy, Canada...
...intermission eager to break the 1-1 tie. Harvard struck first as sophomore Steve Rolecek turned a pass at the top of the circle from junior Mike Taylor into the Crimson’s second goal of the night. In the 10th minute, however, Clarkson’s Shawn Weller stripped the puck from his defender and took on Richter to even the score at two goals apiece. Captain Nick Dodge then put his team ahead for good with six minutes left in the middle frame, when he stripped the puck from Kevin Du during a Crimson power play...
Americans for Common Cents (also known as Mark Weller) says polls show that two-thirds of Americans are loath to let pennies go. Rounding to the nickel, Weller insists, would be manipulated by merchants to screw the consumer. Playing to our patriotism, he cites the coin's tradition. Playing to our guilt, he says penny drives bring charities millions. And playing to our fears, Weller says the penny is a psychological hedge against inflation, a consideration the European Union factored in when it decided to make a one-cent euro coin (though several countries have since effectively banished...
...Weller, like all good lobbyists, has powerful friends. One of those is not Kevin Federline, husband of Britney Spears. Federline was hired by Virgin Mobile to spearhead its Save the Penny campaign. The British company's promotion exploits the U.S. debate to sell a deal in which text messages cost a penny, since you get 1,000 a month for $9.99 (Virgin has a little trouble with math). Last month Federline, standing next to an armored truck collecting pennies for charity in Times Square, yelled, "Man, I feel good about the penny!" In addition to math problems, Virgin has spokesman...
...some group leaders worry that with a larger number of groups comes a smaller pool of dedicated students. Brian P. Weller ’09 is a founding member of the pork barrel spending group. He believes that the abundance of policy groups spreads the reservoir of politically-active students too thin...