Word: leaching
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...plans to introduce a bill directing the Federal Election Commission to evaluate various vote systems and propose guidelines for adopting the most effective ones. Republican Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania is calling for a commission to do the same. A similar bill in the House is sponsored by Republican Jim Leach of Iowa and Oregon Democrat Peter DeFazio, who almost lost his seat in 1988 because of a poorly designed ballot. Because congressional candidates appeared on the same line as presidential candidates, 79,000 people neglected to cast a vote for Congress...
Coincidentally, Spelling too is revisiting his past, but much differently, with NBC's Titans (Wednesdays starting Oct. 4, 8 p.m. E.T.), a Robin Leach-y soap apparently sealed in a Beverly Hills time capsule circa 1985. Richard Williams (Perry King), the aging lion of conglomerate Williams Global Enterprises, is taking a hot new wife (Baywatch's Yasmine Bleeth) who has designs on his dough--and a secret romantic history with his son (a constipated-seeming Casper Van Dien), a hotshot pilot newly returned from the Navy. Family chaos, and frequent barings of skin, ensues...
...Penelope Leach, baby expert and contributor to another good website for fathers, babycenter.com points out what I think is the highest hurdle men have to clear in order to be better fathers--namely, moms. "Mothers need to give up some territory," Leach says. "We need to stop wanting fathers to be 'assistant mothers' and let them be fathers"--allowing them to plunge in and do things their way, making mistakes as they go, as mothers have done since the dawn of time. Involved fathers will not only share the chores but also the heart-bursting joy of parenting. Mothers...
...Postulate 1: Accents abound! Michael Roiff 01 admirably combines the sounds of Spanish consonants, guttural Hindi, and a smidgeon of Dr. Evils sneer to producer Colin Izers uniquely grating tongue. Seth Fentons Erin GoBragh is a sturdy Irish lass while Bryan Leach 00 manages to balance his wimpy detective, Scotlin Yard, with the best Scottish accent weve heard this side of the Atlantic...