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Runyan-Shefa became serious, though, after discovering she was one of six finalists in the country. Like Sherman, Runyan-Shefa enjoyed a five-day trip in New York. "Even though I didn't win, I didn't really feel like I lost," she said...
Republican opposition to the Brady gun-control bill collapsed under the weight of public opinion and Democratic political attacks, and the measure, already approved by the House, passed in the Senate by a voice vote nearly seven years after it was first introduced. The legislation will impose a five-day waiting period so background checks can be made on handgun purchasers. Senate minority leader Bob Dole objected to a provision calling for the waiting period to remain in place for five years; he wanted to eliminate the waiting period as soon as a computerized checking system was up and running...
...United States Senate would have made our nation's founders turn in their graves this month. The Brady Bill, a modest gun control measure that mandates a five-day waiting period before any handgun purchase, was the topic of heated debate. After hours of Republican filibustering, it finally passed...
...remains one of the divine mysteries of civic entrepreneurism why this retirement community would care to host a five-day showcase for films from a proud but ailing industry 6,500 km away. Yet this year, its first without heavy sponsorship by the state of Florida, la fete Sarasota has progressed from an endangered species to a cheerful inevitability. The French and the Floridians actually seem to be getting along. Most events are sold out, with a packed house of local Sarasotans, French movie stars and U.S. distributors. Zarazodah, as the French call it, is now a beguiling fixture...
While much of the Harvard community departs Cambridge for the Thanksgiving holiday this week, Raza will welcome more than 200 Chicano college students to the campus for an annual five-day conference...