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...wake. To do so, Kennedy should cede some control of the numerous constituent services he provides Massachusetts’ citizens to Kerry’s office. Kennedy should also help Kerry take the lead in crafting legislation that will funnel federal money back into the State. In the past, pork barrel politics have largely fallen within Kennedy’s purview...
...there are signs of change. A few nonpoliticians are running for office and raising the debate above pork-barrel politics. And there is no incumbent fighting to retain the presidency. Olusegun Obasanjo is stepping down after eight years in power - Nigeria's longest-ever period of democratic rule. It's not that he's leaving voluntarily, exactly. It says something for the strength of Nigeria's fledgling parliament that last year it derailed a plan to amend the constitution so Obasanjo could run for a third term...
Despite his parents' secularism, or perhaps because of it, Einstein rather suddenly developed a passionate zeal for Judaism. "He was so fervent in his feelings that, on his own, he observed Jewish religious strictures in every detail," his sister recalled. He ate no pork, kept kosher and obeyed the strictures of the Sabbath. He even composed his own hymns, which he sang to himself as he walked home from school...
...screen, the only way we will extricate ourselves from this mess is if both Congress and Bush stop their game of veiled threats and casting aspersions. Bush should change his policy; the Democrats should cut out the timetable. Furthermore, the Democrats’ spending bill is chock full of pork spending utterly unrelated to the situation in Iraq—$22 billion worth. Attaching such riders drastically weakens their claim to the moral high ground, and negates their claims to be acting on the behalf of the best interests of all Americans. Politics seems to have supplanted reason on both...
...drive behind it is not to influence decisions about blocking, but as you move into a diverse community in houses, to see how [blocking groups] relate to social networks at Harvard,” said Styles, who is a Foundation intern. After eating corn bread, pork, macaroni and cheese, and turkey sandwiches, freshmen were asked to break off into groups of seven to play a game called “Access.” Styles asked each of the three groups to choose a volunteer. The volunteers were taken outside and asked to start a debate when they returned, while...