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...support groups. The site falls short, however, in its awkward, blank templates that users are supposed to fill out to achieve goals not already mapped by the site. And while the e-mail reminders are handy, it's a little too easy to cheat by clicking the "goal accomplished" button as you down another ice-cream sundae. --By Anita Hamilton
Even as an elected official later on, Cheney found himself in the position of serving another. Cheney was - or could have been - his own man politically after being elected to Congress in 1978. He could have associated himself with some hot-button issue or authored a major piece of legislation bearing his name. Instead Cheney followed the same pattern in the House that had worked for him to date: he quietly made himself useful - and then indispensable - to the higher powers in his party. Bob Michel, the G.O.P. House leader, repaid Cheney's loyalty by making...
...students on a budget, the duo suggests going for simplicity and classical colors—black, tan, red and light blue for winter. Arnavon demonstrates with a collared black button down from Jasmine Sola ($21). Lopez opts for the Gap’s classic ribbed turtleneck...
Council elections have improved markedly since the button fiasco of Fentrice D. Driskell ’01, but the new voting website’s difficulties this fall, which disenfranchised several students and delayed voting for days, still gives us reason to watch these proceedings carefully. The Election Commission must ensure that the mechanics of the elections process do not become a disincentive for candidates who can do the best job in bringing much needed new leadership to the Council...
...Subsequent ventures included an import business dealing in Japanese-made electric generators and one that, in 1982, furnished India with push-button phones (until then rotary dial was the norm). By the early 1990s, Mittal was making fax machines, cordless phones and other telecom gear...