This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------ =_NextPart_000_01BCD97F.C94CD160 As far as I know she did move out -- at least this is what the Wash. Post said and no one contradicted it. From the point of view of conservation of energy this was quite stupid. However, as a means of exerting political pressure it may have been very effective. I think you were looking at the situation more broadly, i.e.., this is the kind of waste that we usually do not consider when we critique the current system. Dave ---------- Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 1997 12:50 PM To: Richardson_D Subject: Moving Abraham >The Senate confirms Katharine Abraham to a second four-year term as commissioner of BLS, two days after her initial appointment expired. During the two days, Abraham had to vacate her office since there are no holdover provisions in the law prescribing her tenure. The Senate confirms Abraham under its unanimous consent rules ....< is this stupid or what? did she have to move all her personal effects out and then in again? Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clawww.lmu.edu/1997F/ECON/jdevine.html "A society is rich when material goods, including capital, are cheap, and human beings dear." -- R.H. Tawney. ------ =_NextPart_000_01BCD97F.C94CD160 gAEAEwAAAEZXOiBNb3ZpbmcgQWJyYWhhbQAzBgENgAQAAgAAAAIAAgABA5AGAIwHAAAdAAAAAwAu AbzZiomHZbJSqUVzEdG9VQCAXzgAuwAFFdVDAB4AMUABAAAADQAAAFJJQ0hBUkRTT05fRAAAAAAD ABpAAAAAAB4AMEABAAAADQAAAFJJQ0hBUkRTT05fRAAAAAADABlAAAAAAAIBCRABAAAAxAQAAMAE AACzBwAATFpGdVfYl4f/AAoBDwIVAqQD5AXrAoMAUBMDVAIAY2gKwHNldO4yBgAGwwKDMgPGBxMC g8YzA8UCAHBycRIgE4UufQqACM8J2TsWXzI1HjUCgAqBDbELYG5nMfwwMxQgCwoUIgHQE3AEIApm CsFhBCBJIGtuAm8H4HNoZSBkaXRkIARgdhwwCGAFQC1mLRtgBUBsZRtwBUB06mgEACAeAXcRwB3C HDCCVxtwaC4gUG8dsX5zC3AccABwHHAb0BzQbiccMAWgAjByYRxQY3TLCYAeIHQfMCBGA2Eeowxw bwuABUBvZiB2nwiQB+AisSChEfBydh1QnmkCICKiCfAEkGd5HdRydxtxcXUhcBwwHbB1VnAcYCGR SBvgZRywcnosG2JhHIAdkAYxJDJ47wSQI+AZYCJBbCFwIRAHQH8iQBZgBBAIcBwwIXAcgGH3JLAR wByxYgnhItAEkCSwfw3BBZAj4BywIZEboB3hbvhrIHkIYB5QBJAcMBXw/G9rKBIehQCQJdAj1ARg TSlRYgNgIPBseSbAafouK2AuJsAd5h6yLOEccD8isSUhJZEd4B1RJnAgdf8pMAdALuAcQCBAG9AF QCNi/xxgBJAeUSphMYEFASPgJWCfMRIggQhwFmAigXN5MPHsbS4KhQqFRCoBNXwK9JEocDE0NALR aS038+cM0DfzC1kxNgqgA2AhMP8hIB0ROpYKhzlLDDA6FiHCjjo7njoWDIIgSmEHggZEJoALgGVb U01UWFA6ag2wP9JAIlBwQwDAAxAubG11LzBk/HVdOz88TQZgAjA9fz6LZlcJgCBwc2QpwCbAT00h IG8qQAXAMTUmwDGIOTk3RzAyOjUa4MxQTUH/PE1Ub0Q/PosmUiEQEcFkcwIgX0TjSF9DDnViaisR Sn8+i1ZNHKAoEkEukGERwG1vNp8LKBLyDAFjDeE6Fj4+VBwhQ/EdUCCDOEBybf0EIEsdUBHBP+FR xh3QIEA/JxAR8CChHHACEAhwLXl/HZAFwCEwVjAbYVK1BaBtHm0EASPxMwEisUJMU/0vcXcgQEZx JvEBgDMBHCDPBcALgCiBKMFhcCJTB4DfIoEnwCXwFmE1ZkQIcSgh/x6yWyYmwFcWEcAccFeRI8Bf KLAlkVwSIrA4QGMtgm5/YbEesSlRCsAcMBvQUrVo/wbwMjAmkSjhUXFaMh4RA6DfHrILYAfgKPIF AWIoElwS/SEwbilBHzBVOFlnVgVXFvZ1IABcInQEIGkAAHAHcM8IYAQgI2MigXJ1HYAEIPsvUC9Q PDV8L+MeASXEHND7MxIdUD8cQxwSKfNXkRyT+zHhXANwBJBMwSjBKuQncT8c8FK1H/IesQOgZLFh Z+0LcT81fFK1SgdwP6UhoP4gQH9BhE0dU/cAUGrQOgYXN8Ar8BxwaAJAcDovXC9jZSF5QEFmL0eC RkAvRUNPTi90lS49eKBtd7FTnzoWUrUiQekcAG9jCJB0JLAeAQUQ3xGwMyQAwFjxXJJnLMBMsP8v AWIACkAcUCghKLAl8AGQ3mwmwSlREbAdkHAmwSAA/WMGdQOCKkAoEQQgDbAKwIwuIiGgHSFSLkhm wftlMCBweTVtGc8MAXytFYECAIggAwDxPwkEAAADAP0/5AQAAAMAJgAAAAAAAwA2AAAAAAACAUcA AQAAAC8AAABjPVVTO2E9IDtwPUJMUztsPURDUENTTUFJTDEtOTcxMDE1MTkzNTQ2Wi00NDk3AAAe ADhAAQAAAA0AAABSSUNIQVJEU09OX0QAAAAAHgA5QAEAAAANAAAAUklDSEFSRFNPTl9EAAAAAEAA BzAwEHSIodm8AUAACDCAMnBPodm8AR4APQABAAAABQAAAEZXOiAAAAAAHgAdDgEAAAAPAAAATW92 aW5nIEFicmFoYW0AAB4ANRABAAAAQAAAADxFMTZFRUE0Q0U5QzdEMDExOUFFNDAwNjA5NzA1Q0Q4 ODE5MDY0Q0BkY3Bjc21haWwxLnBzYi5ibHMuZ292PgALACkAAAAAAAsAIwAAAAAAAwAGEFSue8YD AAcQyAMAAAMAEBAAAAAAAwAREAEAAAAeAAgQAQAAAGUAAABBU0ZBUkFTSUtOT1dTSEVESURNT1ZF T1VULS1BVExFQVNUVEhJU0lTV0hBVFRIRVdBU0hQT1NUU0FJREFORE5PT05FQ09OVFJBRElDVEVE SVRGUk9NVEhFUE9JTlRPRlZJRVdPAAAAAAIBfwABAAAAQAAAADxFMTZFRUE0Q0U5QzdEMDExOUFF NDAwNjA5NzA1Q0Q4ODE5MDY0Q0BkY3Bjc21haWwxLnBzYi5ibHMuZ292PgDnHQ== ------ =_NextPart_000_01BCD97F.C94CD160--