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Scott Shuger explained that "Senate Republican leaders are feeling their oats over yesterday's Supreme Court decision upholding Proposition 209 and are suggesting that Lee and any other future nominees to the post will face a tough new standard on affirmative action."
The Post piece anticipates that, although House Speaker Dennis Hastert is less divisive than ex-Speaker Newt Gingrich, the 106th might have a tough time resolving unfinished business as it heads into an election year.
These gangsters were as tough as the Irish and as powerful as the Italian mob, and when I discovered this fact at age 12 or so, it thrilled me.
The key for us -- and we have to make tough decisions all the time on whether to take a case -- was visualizing what he had to do to get to the fifth floor, struggling with a bag of groceries," he said.
But Britain backed this vested interest with tough diplomacy and a powerful navy, while Louis XIV was too wrapped up in his European power plays to pay much attention to French Canada.