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...Middle East crisis. Thirty-seven House Democrats and one Democratic Senator, Iowa's Tom Harkin, have filed a suit against Bush that would require him to seek Congressional authorization before starting any military action in the Gulf. In these few crucial weeks before the U.N. resolution's January 15 target date for military action, all members of Congress should assert their voices on Mideast policy and demand that Bush acknowledge Congress' war powers...
...Giants juggernaut crush quicksilver Montana? He is still the best there is at escaping the pass rush until he can spot and hit a teammate downfield. Often his target is All-Pro wide receiver Jerry Rice, who led the league in mid-November in touchdown catches (11 in 10 games). The Giants can counter with the league's stingiest pass defense. Its members include blitzing linebackers Taylor and Pepper Johnson, along with cornerback Everson Walls from Dallas and safety Dave Duerson from Chicago, both acquired this season to put extra heat on receivers. Says Taylor: "We don't just beat...
...much a target of the ACT UPdemonstration as a center of attention for thisissue, since the school conducts statistical anddata analysis for the federally funded AIDSClinical Trial Group, the ACT UP statement says...
...20th century commodities: information. Today more money is invested in direct-mail pitches, promotions and appeals than is spent on advertising in magazines or on radio or network television. The ensuing competition drives direct-mail marketers ever higher (and lower) to distinguish their message from the rest. To target potential customers more accurately, they compile and swap lists that provide increasingly detailed information about individual consumers, a practice that raises citizen concerns about privacy...
Cynics might say such pitches know no better target, since the Senate and House are two of the country's biggest users of the mails. Through the franking privilege, which enables members of Congress to use their signatures as postage, elected officials can deluge voters with mail at taxpayers' expense. During the past presidential election year, 805 million pieces of political literature spewed from Capitol Hill, at a cost of about $113 million...