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...officer was dispatched to the Pound Building, on 1573 Massachusetts Ave., on Friday, March 24 to take a report of a stolen, unattended pocketbook with contents valued at $1,732. At 1:30 p.m., the pocketbook was found and the owner was located. The individual states that the only items missing were the individual’s wallet, which contained a driver’s license, a debit card...
...postvictory press conference, he would definitely sign a bill approving capital punishment, something Cuomo had repeatedly vetoed. And no, he would not back off from his pledge to cut state taxes 25% over four years. Pataki didn't need to be reminded that by talking tough on crime and pocketbook issues, Republicans had just picked up at least a dozen governorships. If you wanted to win a Governor's race this year, you learned your Ben Franklin: the sure things were death and taxes...
...took note of the theft of a vial filled with a steroid-type drug. The estimated value of the stolen item could not be gauged. Nov. 3: 3:32 p.m.—An officer was sent to Currier House because of a report concerning the theft of a pocketbook left unattended. The stolen item, and its content, was valued collectively...
That's why the chief officers of the National Republican Congressional Committee, the party's own pocketbook for congressional races, were all over the place in the past few weeks, pushing the undecided to get with the program. Anyone in politics will tell you--in the end, your heart is in your campaign chest...
...same age group in the early 1990s. Says Hensel, the author from East Berlin: "With Fischer, for example, you knew what he stood for. With these new politicians, they don't stand for anything." Standing for nothing may suit the mood of a Germany that wants to concentrate on pocketbook issues rather than big ideas. But ideas, passion, fervor have a habit of unexpectedly coming back to life. In 1968, the country was being governed by its first ever coalition of Christian Democrats and Social Democrats. With the two big parties working together, there was no effective opposition in parliament...