A House divided against itself cannot please constituents
In this series I choose a current news article and you decide via a multiple choice format which terms were used and whether others would have been more accurate…….
It’s hard to imagine what could drive public __________ (disgust, love, approval, opinion) of Congress even lower than it has been this year. But a pending public ethics trial of one of the House’s most senior __________ (Democrats, Republicans, Democrats, Democrats) (and possibly a second) and an angry, prolonged__________ (hissy fit, tirade, weiner session, melt-down) on the House floor that has gone around the cable networks and YouTube just may be the answer.
recommends nine behaviors to help you become a better leader. Authors Barbara Pagano and Elizabeth Pagano use examples from their years of experience working with large and small organizations to help their leaders improve. 
begins like a typical thriller as Allon enters the world of art theft, murder, and powerful people. 
does not let his hero relax very long as Gabriel Allon and his wife are nearly blown up when they travel to Argentina to talk to a man who may have some information they need. The Rembrandt Affair digs into deep dark secrets of World War II and those who survived heinous crimes and those who perpetrated them.
As I get older I seem to have more and more opportunities to attend funerals. I never liked funerals; no one LIKES funerals and I avoided them as much as possible, however, I just returned from a funeral for someone that I never knew or even saw. It was for my daughter’s friend’s grandmother. The last time I saw this young lady was only about a month ago as she and my daughter celebrated their sixteenth birthdays at our house with around thirty of their friends. Quite an emotional contrast.
focuses on the war in Europe and those figures (some famous and some not) who fought the battles against the enemy and often their own bureaucracies. Because of the depth of his research, Shaara often exposes readers to details and personalities that otherwise would have been overlooked.
Brief 1: The Port Authority of Allegheny County (home of Pittsburgh) is the government agency tasked with running a transit system. As you might expect the agency poorly run and constantly running in the red. Facing another budget deficit the Authority has not threatened to streamline, become efficient, or even look to reduce labor costs their typical threat is to cut service. That seems to make sense except that this threat is not meant as a way to cut costs, but to enrage the local citizens to pressure politicians for more money. This tactic only works every time and lame duck Governor Ed 
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