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...when Republican Representative Sherwood Boehlert, chairman of the House Science Committee, met with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) director Josh Bolten to press for more money for scientific research, Boehlert found Bolten unexpectedly receptive. Later that day, four Cabinet Secretaries showed up for a meeting on scientific research held at the Commerce Department. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman surprised Boehlert by staying all day. Although the Congressman has been advocating increased scientific research for years, Boehlert says, "Now it was getting the visibility." Soon Bush himself was pushing the proposals through the OMB, which often rips such initiatives apart...
...Sapp of Northern Illinois, Ogunwole fell in the third-place bout to sixth seed Payam Zarrinpour of Sacred Heart, 1-0, in yet another match decided by just one point. Freshman Andrew Flanagan (157 lbs.) won his first two matches Thursday, which included a 3-1 decision against Sherwood Fendrick of Sacred Heart and a pin of ninth seeded Travis Picard (unattached). However, an 8-4 loss to eighth seeded Matt Kocher (unattached) cost Flanagan a quarterfinal berth, and a 5-3 loss to Andy Keller of Central Michigan ended his day. Tri-captain Mike Baria (165 lbs.) lost...
...billions of dollars in already-enacted and still-planned tax cuts for the rich over the tenure of the Bush administration, these spending cuts highlight the misplaced priorities that have characterized Bush’s regime of “compassionate conservatism.” As House Representative Sherwood Boehlert, R-N.Y., put it: “You’re denying resources to programs that serve the middle class and neediest of the needy on the eve of a projected vote to provide tax benefits and breaks to the most advantaged in our society.” Moreover...
...patients are seniors. They come because those never-ending unfinished projects, once relegated to the garage, are spreading all over the house, and the spouse's persistent forgetfulness, unawareness of time and difficulty with decision making is driving the partner crazy. Recalls former police officer Don Sherwood, 55, about the trying months between his retirement from the Torrance, Calif., force and his condition's diagnosis: "My home life was falling apart. I thought my marriage was beyond repair...
...Gilligan's Island, the tale of seven mismatched castaways on an island that seemed oddly close to Hollywood. Both shows had a goofy otherworldliness painfully out of step with their tumultuous times. Both spawned fanatical cult followings and countless spin-offs. Both, amazingly, were created by the same man, Sherwood Schwartz ... [He] called Gilligan's Island a 'social microcosm' when he pitched the idea for the show. Schwartz still calls it that. 'I knew that by assembling seven different people and forcing them to live together, the show would have great philosophical implications,' he says. 'On a much larger scale...