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Republicans learned that the second 100 days may be more difficult in the Senate. G.O.P. leaders failed to get enough votes to halt a de facto filibuster over a legal-reform bill that, like a version passed by the House, would cap punitive damages in all civil lawsuits. With the President calling the measure the "Drunk Drivers Protection Act of 1995" and threatening a veto, G.O.P. Senators regrouped to rework the bill...
After learning of what he termed "the problem," Bruce wrote in the electronic mail message to the council saying that he would "try to halt further distribution until Monday." That message was forwarded to The Crimson by a council member requesting anonymity...
Sometimes talk is healing. sometimes silence works better. So at 9:02 a.m. on Wednesday, exactly one week from the moment of the explosion that tore apart hundreds of lives, Oklahoma City came to another halt. Gathered at what used to be the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, rescue teams briefly stopped picking through the wreckage and stood in quiet reflection. All over the city people bowed their heads. Outside of town, traffic stopped along Interstate 40. Beyond, in towns and cities around the country, in churches and offices and in the White House, the same pause was observed...
Officials there are trying to halt the spread by sprinkling vaccine laced food near raccoon habitats on the island, he said...
...Everything from the nation and around the world was coming to our warehouse," Kluttz says. "I knew if we messed this up, it would either slow or halt the operation...