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arnews[0]="Competition in Primaries "; arnews[0] += "There are new stories in the Houston Chronicle and Amarillo Globe-News about the rising number of incumbents facing challenges in the Republican primaries. Parties have a special kind of phobia about competition. Party leaders feel that nominating battles bring out the worst in party. However, don..."; arnews[0] += " "; arnews[1]="How Lobbyists Do That Thing They Do "; arnews[1] += "Jim Grace and Luke Ledbetter have published a short article called The Lobbyist on The Houston Lawyer website. It a set of “how to” lessons for lobbyists based on their experience in Austin. My thanks to Charles Kuffner for pointing this out in his blog, Off the Kuff. "; arnews[1] += " "; totcount = 2; if (rnd) { for (x=0;x<=100;x++) { y=Math.round(Math.random()*totcount-0.5); z=x%totcount; tval=arnews[y]; arnews[y] = arnews[z]; arnews[z] = tval; } } for (x=0;x<=(totcount-1);x++) { document.write(arnews[x]); if (x != (totcount-1) ) document.write(" "); } document.write(" |