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...takes effect. Hastert is considering supporting a ban on junkets for members and aides that are financed by outside groups and restricting travel to government-paid trips. An aide involved in the negotiations, skeptical that any meaningful change will result, calls the proposals "a Band-Aid on a gunshot wound...
...Reagan years wound down, Abramoff drifted back toward Los Angeles, where he became a B-movie producer, remembered mostly for the 1989 anti-communist adventure Red Scorpion, starring Dolph Lundgren. Shortly before the film came out, Abramoff invited talk-show host and critic Michael Medved to lunch. "I thought he was interesting?a Reaganite, a fellow observant Jew?and I took a look at his movie," Medved recalls. "The film was awful, and I told him the best help I could give him was never to review it. He laughed and said, 'Yeah, it's pretty bad.' I said...
...guns and can never quite get their bombs right. They are intent on their mission, but the psychological burden is crushing. And that is the point: this new form of warfare, imposed by Islamist fanatics-and utilized by Iraqi extremists in response to the U.S. invasion-is a sapping wound to a civilized society. The notion that there are heroic sociopaths like Jack Bauer who can carry the fight without severe psychological consequences is a fantasy. The flood of Iraq war veterans showing up at hospitals with post-traumatic stress disorder is testimony to that. The moral necessity to confront...
...radio just after the game, “we carried the play for maybe 80 percent of the action, maybe more.” But both Donato and Du alluded to the same thing: a pair of North Dakota tallies knocked home just 45 seconds apart as time wound down in the middle frame, giving the Fighting Sioux a 3-1 lead. “On both those goals, we had full control of the puck,” Donato said, adding, “they have some guys who can make plays.” Crimson rookie Nick Coskren...
...important thing from this game is we get to understand the significance of two things when we’re not shooting the ball well,” Sullivan said, referring to rebounding and foul shooting. “We wound up with 45 percent of the offensive boards and 82 percent of the defensive boards, so that was critical...[Also, we need to] get to the free throw line. The numbers indicate that we did...hopefully our guys [understand] that...