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...last month, 800 people had applied. And with the College repeatedly saying they will try to keep the number of students on campus at around 1,000, this isn't a deadline to play chicken with...
...economy, remains enigmatic. Westminster insiders say Merkel will come through for Blair. A German government source is more nuanced. "The Chancellor worked well with [Blair] during the 2007 German E.U. presidency when the Lisbon Treaty was sealed. But of course, she worked well with others too." The presidential race isn't over until the E.U.'s undisputed heavyweight sings. With reporting by Bruce Crumley / Paris...
...paying him to leave.) More recently, teams such as the Dallas Cowboys, the New York Giants and the New York Jets have held up hard-pressed state and local governments for money to build stadiums where they can gouge their fans with $20,000 seat-licensing fees. So loyalty isn't really big in the NFL, though self-indulgence, a Rush specialty, certainly is. (See a 1995 TIME cover of Limbaugh...
...sure, maybe Rush isn't the players' dream boss, nor is he even favored by other owners, including Jim Irsay. But the notion that you need to occupy some kind of moral high ground to be able to extract profit from a monopoly sport that routinely exploits its criminally inclined workforce leaves me unmoved. The NFL is just another big business - why should it be anything less - only with a huge amount of ego attached to it. Rush should fit in quite well...
...robust public-plan amendment before they will consider voting on a reform package without one. Reid hopes the amendment process will last just two weeks, but it is likely to take longer. Such an old-fashioned debate on the Senate floor where the final outcome of a bill isn't a foregone conclusion hasn't happened in many years. (See 10 players in health-care reform...