Day: December 16, 2008

It is that time of the academic year again when “research paper” becomes the dreaded phrase. With almost all subjects requiring the same lengthy writing task, you as a student will feel exhausted just thinking about how you can beat the deadline.

Although having an eager friend or using a professional’s help can help you solve the problem, it is still wiser to know the in and outs of writing a research paper. To help you get started, below is a checklist of the things you must consider in your academic writing task.

Within a day of Madoff’s arrest, his Washington lobbyists were scrambling to sever all ties to him.

As the holidays near, it’s worth examining the last gift for taxpayers. See also: Pelosi’s science spending

A large edge on committees will make it easier for the Dems.

She has ‘set parameters” for what she wants. See also: GOP launches ‘renewal’ think tank

She says the recovery package would emphasize science as a path forward. See also: Corker’s decision

Of the House impeachment managers only two will return to their seats in January.

The pressure on him to resign rises exponentially with the start of impeachment proceedings Tuesday.

When I was assigned an interview with a bunch of famous reindeer, I could not have known how difficult it would be to get to the bottom of the Rudolph myth. Neither could I have known how complicated would be the logistics involved in getting reindeer witnesses together to talk. Luckily, Sarah Palin offered to supply the right information, since reindeer gather enmasse in her yard, the one that backs up to Russia. When I used the word enmasse, Governor Palin offered that no, she was not Catholic and did not attend Mass. I let that one go.

A contractor who bribed a former congressman, Randy Cunningham, was sentenced to 30 months in prison by a federal judge.