Word: statuses
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...then shot dead by a mob and his flock harassed. In 1846, their temple barely completed, they reluctantly embarked on an extraordinary trek. It would produce another mighty settlement, near the Great Salt Lake. But Nauvoo, says Richard Ostling, co-author of the book Mormon America, quickly attained the status of a lost ideal: "the thorough expression of the Mormon kingdom of God on earth...
...Pentagon backed down, but that wasn't good enough. In May, Stevens and Senator Pete Domenici of New Mexico tacked a rider to a budget bill instructing the Pentagon's civilians to keep their hands off the corps. The lawmakers' defense of the status quo is no surprise. The corps spends millions of dollars every year in their states and immortalizes its congressional friends with locks and dams named for them. It is no coincidence that the corps's headquarters is not located in some corner of the Pentagon but sits at the foot of Capitol Hill. The rider...
...Gore really needed to know about April 18, 2000, was summed up in his horoscope that morning. "Questions concerning legal affairs, reputation, marital status loom large," read the Washington Post's astrology column. "You could be forced into a corner; be ready with answers based on research." For once, the stars were right. Over four hours that day, federal prosecutor Robert Conrad fired questions at the Vice President about his role in the 1996 campaign-finance scandal. The afternoon session in the vice-presidential mansion was edgy and sometimes contentious. But Gore told reporters days later, "I, of course, answered...
...wide as the Illinois prairie and feet firmly in the heartland, Daley didn't fit the bill. But Daley looked enough like America to be asked to salvage NAFTA in 1993, when the Administration was headed for an embarrassing defeat. The job was a killer. It lacked Cabinet status, had no staff and had less than a third of the Democrats in support. He jumped right in. Former U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor remembers that even before Daley had a desk, he was placing calls from a bench in Lafayette Park, across from the Oval Office. He relied...
Last month Republicans, Democrats and the White House seemed to be onboard behind the increase. Committees in both houses of Congress passed bills raising the cap by differing amounts. Then the Clinton Administration, eyeing a window of political opportunity, upped the ante last month, proposing also to grant legal status to some illegal aliens. It's about "fairness and equity," says Gene Sperling, director of President Clinton's National Economic Council. Key Democrats quickly adopted the initiative, targeted at immigrants from Central America and Haiti living...