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By contrast, genuine enthusiasm greeted the unfolding Bruce Babbitt story, as Gigot and Bob Schieffer (CBS's Face the Nation ) both predicted that Babbitt's Supreme Court ambitions would be ruined by accusations that he had blocked a casino license for an Indian tribe at the behest of another tribe that had given money to the Democrats.
Most recently, at the behest of Disney and other large media corporations with soon-to-expire copyrights, Congress added 20 years to all existing copyright claims.
Released at the behest of friends, he left for England in October 1871, with a box of paints, some books, and his gun.
The showstoppers at Longmen, carved in the years 680 and 675, respectively, are the Cave of Ten Thousand Buddhas (Wanfodong), with 15,000 little Buddhas carved into its niches, and the Honoring Ancestors Cave (Juxianshiku), constructed at the behest of Tang Empress Wu.
In 1994, he supported the Violence Against Women Act at the behest of women's groups.