Denny bill would require price tags on all spending bills
A Nebraska representative proposes naming a cost for every bill Congress considers and tracking two year costs in the Congressional Record. He cites truth in lending as precedent and argues such disclosure would curb boondoggling and overrun in-state and federal spending.
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Denny
Nebraska
National Federation of Independent Business Organization
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Legisla Ares
Quasi-witty global system thrills hotel reservations
A spoofed view of a future computerized system promises hotel bookings worldwide in 15 seconds while noting room service would take longer. The column jokes about inflation, housing trends, car doormen, and overarching economic rules with wry social commentary.
Quiz on word distinctions tests readers and language nuance
A compact prompt asks about differences between riddle and conundrum, contrary versus contradictory, assault versus battery legality, fair to middling ranking, and incomplete phrases. It highlights common language misuses and invites precise comparison of terms and legal nuance.
Language usage quiz notes on word pairs and meanings
A column of vocabulary questions exploring differences among words such as hill ing and cooing versus bill ing, alternate versus alternative, enormity versus enormousness, luxurious versus luxuriant, masterful versus masterly, definite versus definitive, protagonist versus antagonist, possible versus feasible, dilemmas versus difficulties, anticipate versus expect, reaction, mutual versus common enemy, immovable object versus permanent office seeker, triumphant versus triumphal, deprecated versus depreciated, fatal versus fateful, Confederacy versus federation, and gendered terms.
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Confederacy
Drowning risks rise for medical teens study shows
A study analyzing 1,201 five state drownings finds 1,020 victims were boys. Of 552 with swimming ability data, 121 were good swimmers and 117 average, suggesting overconfidence or poor judgment. Water was very cold in 299 of 874 known cases.
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American Journal of Public Health
Cascades Books and Birds in Glowing Reviews
A compilation of nature books including The Wild Cascades by Hurvey Many ning and Poppy by J M Scott with blurbs on The Way Birds Live and The Warblers of North America. Noted authors Ansel Adams Philip Hyde and the Spring brothers supplied photographs alongside commentary on nature, liberty and public life.
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Wild Cascades
Hurvey Manyning
Sietta Club
Ballantine Books
Cascade Range
Washington
North Cascades
Ansel Adams
Philip Hyde
Bob
Ira Spring
J. M. Scott
Funk and Wagnalls
Scott
Cole Tidge
de Quincy
Edward A. Armstrong
Dover
North America
Frank M. Chapman
Kennedy and the presidency in an age of brinkmanship
The writer argues that the Kennedy scandal undercuts public trust and highlights how modern crises demand steady, credible leadership. He notes Americans’ high expectations for a president to be flawless and consistent, especially amid nuclear-age dangers and a credibility gap. Ted Kennedy’s missteps are framed as fatal to a White House bid.
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Sen. Kennedy
Ted Kennedy
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