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...than most, but it's leaving businessmen like Horton and homeowners across the country with a severe chill when they open their heating bills. The 62 million households that burn natural gas will spend 35% more this winter, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, with Northeasterners expected to pick up a record $1,276 average tab for the season. In the past five years, gas-burning homes have seen prices more than double. Those who rely on propane or oil for heat haven't fared a lot better. But the big crunch is in gas. Here's a guide...
...much as Harvard and Yale vary in their skills at playing football. Social security, the Patriot Act, tax cuts, affirmative action, gay marriage, drug prohibition deregulation, eminent domain, free trade: each student has an independent answer to each of these questions. Nonetheless, the two-party system forces people to pick one of two package deals of nonsensical and often contradictory opinions. If you favor gay marriage, you must oppose cuts in government spending; if you oppose racial profiling, you must believe in affirmative action; if you believe in free trade, you must oppose drug legalization.There is no political home...
...RAISE CASH... Abramoff tended to pick clients far removed from the Beltway who were sometimes either too desperate or too unfamiliar with the lobbying trade to question his unorthodox tactics and exorbitant fees...
...PICK ON FAMOUS PEOPLE?ALAN GREENSPAN IN THIS BOOK, NEIL DIAMOND IN THE PAST. I've had surprisingly nice reactions. I wrote a column making fun of Neil Diamond's lyrics "'I am,' I said/To no one there/ And no one heard at all/Not even the chair." I said it was one of the worst lyrics ever written. The column became The Book of Bad Songs, which I dedicated to him. A few years ago, he was playing South Florida and invited me to his concert. Which I didn't go to because a) I couldn...
...next two events, the 200-yard freestyle and the 100-yard backstroke, the highest place that Harvard finished was third, with senior Erin Mulkey’s performance in the freestyle and Hart’s in the backstroke.But the Crimson was then able to pick up some more first-place points, as Pangilinan and junior Noelle Bassi each registered the first of their multiple individual wins.Pangilinan led a one-two finish in the 100 yard breaststroke with junior LeAnn Chang, and Bassi took first in the 200 yard butterfly.Pangilinan’s second individual win came later...