“My staff would probably say it’d be a record for me,” Mr. Roberts added. (Mr. Wyden, for his part, said he remembered some breaks for conversations and the ability to convey messages to the chief justice overseeing the proceedings.) “You couldn’t talk to each other; you knew that you didn’t drink a cup of coffee […]
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Peter Hobday, who co-presented BBC Radio 4’s Today programme in the 1980s and 90s, has died at the age of 82. Hobday was a regular on the flagship radio show for 14 years until his controversial dismissal in 1996. An expert on economics and business, Hobday also fronted the Money Programme on BBC Two and
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Pope Francis has a message for the high-powered participants at the economic forum in Davos, Switzerland: people, not profit, should be at the core of public policy January 21, 2020, 11:40 AM 3 min read DAVOS, Switzerland — The Latest on the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland (all times local): 12:40 p.m. Pope Francis
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Planned Parenthood is snubbing Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine by endorsing her Democratic opponent Sara Gideon in their Senate race By DAVID SHARP Associated Press January 21, 2020, 11:25 AM 4 min read PORTLAND, Maine — Planned Parenthood announced Tuesday that it is endorsing a Democratic challenger to Republican Sen. Susan Collins in Maine,
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