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...defend themselves. "That final loss of all weapons is a real fear for a lot of us," says Phillips of the Colorado N.R.A. "We've heard federal people talk about the disarming of America, and we'll take them at their word." They firmly adhere to the slippery-slope argument as well. With that disarming, they fear, all freedoms will be lost. "Guns are the clearly identifiable issue," says Bill Hiort, a lifetime member from Sycamore, Illinois. "But they're just one example of the intrusion of government into all aspects of life...
Additional artifacts could lie buried if, as Weeks believes, the tomb had an unusual split-level design. The ceilings of the corridors to the left and right of the statue of Osiris slope downward and then drop abruptly about 4 ft.-strong evidence of stairways. Says Weeks: "I think there are more rooms on the lower level." Moreover, while the doors that line the corridors all lead to identical 10-ft. by 10-ft. chambers, the openings themselves are only about 2 1/2 ft. wide, too narrow to accommodate a prince's sarcophagus. That suggests to Weeks that the rooms...
...down and visit with Republicans and see if we can't work this out," said Dole in an open invitation to Clinton. Such a summit would tackle the volatile subject of Medicare. Shouldn't the President start handling the crisis? Indeed, as Dole spoke, Gingrich pointed to a precipitous slope indicating Medicare insolvency by the year 2002. And then the questions began. Why, reporters asked, didn't Dole and Gingrich do anything about Medicare in the past when the situation was equally dire? "He wasn't the majority leader, and I wasn't the Speaker," Gingrich said defensively. Would Republicans...
...been widened and straightened but in parts was still lined by ditches and fruit trees. We looked for the valley where the hospital train had been shelled and, halfway through our journey, came on a place I thought resembled it: the railway track was there, though the slope was not nearly as steep as my child's memory had recorded. Other landmarks from the past must have been there; I spotted none but nonetheless felt oddly content just to be on the road I had first traveled so long...
...should open this up to all intramural teams," Jana M.Meader'96 said. "There's a huge slippery slope in terms of founding just one sport. What about hi-tops for the basketball team...