Among the bill's opponents were nearly all members of the House Republican leadership, as well as some rank-and-file Republicans who have denounced the land-buying program as an affront to private-property rights.
The move today illustrated the political burden on House leaders not to be seen as obstructing or watering down legislation meant to prevent future corporate scandals, even as some rank-and-file Republican House members expressed worry that attempts to delay the legislation would hurt the party in the November elections.
In October 1975, after Muhammad Ali closed his historic trilogy with Joe Frazier in a superior battle that some rank as boxing's ultimate prizefight, co-promoter Bob Arum recalls exiting the Araneta Coliseum in Manila to burning heat.
In October 1975, after Muhammad Ali closed his historic trilogy with Joe Frazier in a superior battle that some rank as boxing's ultimate prizefight, co-promoter Bob Arum recalls exiting the Araneta Coliseum to burning heat.
My sooth! right bauld ye set your nose out, As plump an' grey as onie grozet: O for some rank, mercurial rozet, Or fell, red smeddum, I'd gie you sic a hearty dose o't, Wad dress your droddum!
The courtroom was jammed with lawyers representing some of the thousands of creditors as well as rank-and-file city employees and retirees eager to know the outcome.
He described Clarkson as ranking some where at the top of her class as far as rock albums go among the teen pop set, saying that she "has a long way to go before we'll ever feel comfortable calling her anything besides an American Idol, but for now she has a sound that seems believable enough to support her considerable chops".
Many middle-of-the-road voters were now nervous, as well as rank-and-file Tory MPs.
Figure 4 AS Recall score vs. AS Rank.
Where this leads is not toward the abolition of unions, as some in their ranks fear and their most rabid critics want.
