Word: alabamas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...plots its Capitol Hill revolution,the opposition it must contend with is taking shape: South Dakota Sen. Tom Daschle today claimed enough votes to prevail in his bid to become Senate minority leader over hopeful Chris Dodd of Connecticut. Daschle said a commitment by Alabama Sen. Howell Heflin gave him the 24th vote needed from a total of 47 Democrats when the vote is tallied Friday. Dodd refused to concede. "We're absolutely in the race," said his spokesman. The impact of a Daschle victory is unclear: Both are centrists, although Dodd has, historically, been more outspoken.In the House...
...Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby's post-election switch from Democrat to winning-team Republican apparently has a price tag. In response to letters from angry Democratic contributors to his 1992 re-election campaign (he received $2.8 million from individuals), the longtime right-leaning senator promised today to refund contributions if the donor requests it. Phone calls won't do, but letters will. "We don't think it will be much," a confident Shelby predicted. "But even if it is, it will be made up by many others." The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, which gave Shelby $101,156, doesn't want...
...Gilchrist '98, an Alabama resident, was having dinner one night with a friend. In the middle of the conversation, his companion suddenly couldn't contain himself any longer...
...Before the elections, whenever I talked to anyone from Alabama we'd talk about that," Gilchrist says...
...realm of long- running entertainment phenoms, Sherlock Holmes has more history; James Bond, more class; Star Wars and Indiana Jones, more cinematic cachet. And while no one sneers at the Baker Street Irregulars, noninitiates consider Trekkies to be pretty odd: Trekkies like Pete Mohney, a computer programmer in Birmingham, Alabama, who leads a double life as captain of his local Starfleet "ship," the Hephaestus NC-2004, and publisher of a 40-page Trekkie newsletter; or Jerry Murphy, a Sugar Grove, Illinois, business manager and father of two, who is commander of a local Klingon club and frequently dresses...