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...further his political agenda." If that weren't inflammatory enough, LaPierre drove home his point in a separate interview by accusing the President of having "blood on his hands" for the death of a former Northwestern University basketball coach whose murderer slipped through existing gun-control laws. In the background of this bitter debate played a barrage of television ads in which N.R.A president Charlton Heston, in his full Moses voice, called the President a liar for distorting the N.R.A's position...
Bush's moves to the middle have seemed wobbly. He has said he would sign a bill that mandates safety locks but would not push for one. He supports imposing background checks on weapons sold at gun shows but ducks the contentious issue of how long such checks should take. He says he likes Pataki's proposals to ban assault weapons and track new guns by their ballistic fingerprints, but he has not rushed to give the package his full support...
...Last year, Choi lived in Wigglesworth Hall, alongside Mass. Ave. She remembers seeing fights and car crashes while hearing sirens in the background...
...This just proves that many of the preconceived notions of Al Gore have been stiff and boring," said Gore Press Secretary Chris Lehane to the Post. "He in fact has a very rich and well-rounded background--artist, athlete, and academic...
...giant Boeing over wages and benefits. The settlement, described by analysts as "generous" to the union, highlights both increasing competition for Boeing from the European aircraft consortium, Airbus, and a general corporate love affair with stock prices that appears to have pushed the issue of corporate costs into the background...