Word: 103rd
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...Congress, the most since 1949, both houses remained firmly in Democratic hands. Democrats gained one seat in the Senate, while Republicans may pick up just 9 in the House -- far short of the 51 they needed to end 38 years of Democratic control. Ninety or more of the incoming 103rd Congress will be female, black or Hispanic, a record. But of 376 incumbents who survived the primaries, only 27 lost on election night...
...race against political neophyte Tony Center. Other household familiars heading back to the Hill include Speaker Tom Foley, who captured a healthy majority in his Washington State district, and House Armed Services Committee chair Les Aspin of Wisconsin. And who will be counted among the missing persons in the 103rd Congress? Don't look for certain egregious abusers of the House bank: overdrafts took their toll on Ohio's Mary Rose Oakar and Minnesota's Gerry Sikorski, among others...
...these are minor concessions to make for the chance to be a part of the 103rd Congress, which has a unique opportunity to change the country. The next Congress, Takano believes, will be led by newly elected members, many of whom will have unconventional approaches like...
...nowadays draws half its new clergy from the growing Evangelical wing, but men of more liberal stripe dominate among the bishops and power brokers. Thus it was a dramatic step last week when an amiable Evangelical named George Carey, Bishop of Bath and Wells, was named to be the 103rd Archbishop of Canterbury. Carey was one of two candidates that a 16- member commission proposed to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and Queen Elizabeth made the formal appointment. Carey next year will become the spiritual leader of both the English flock and 70 million Anglicans and Episcopalians in 164 countries...