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...accusations appear to spring from professional jealousy. "David is the type of individual whom I feel particularly good about when he achieves success," says Dr. George Shaw, one of Ho's strongest competitors, who runs a state-of-the-art AIDS research laboratory at the University of Alabama in Birmingham. "He is a stellar scientist...
...steps to fix the flight-control rods so they could not be misconnected and to warn mechanics of the problem. This was a double tragedy; the suicide of Mueller and the death of Lowry could easily have been prevented by the Air Force. RICHARD L. MULLINS JR. Auburn, Alabama...
...many of our straight friends plan to participate in the ceremony and celebrate with us. I guess we could wait until everyone approves and the laws of the land say we can legally get married, but then I guess Rosa Parks could have waited until the laws of Alabama said she could ride in the front of the bus. She refused to give up her dignity in the face of unjust laws--and so do Patrick...
Republicans widened their margin in the Senate, while they shaved it down in the House. They picked up open Senate seats in Arkansas, Nebraska and Alabama, which will have two Republican Senators for the first time since Reconstruction, but lost in South Dakota, where Larry Pressler fell to Representative Tim Johnson. Democrats held open seats in New Jersey, Rhode Island and Georgia and dashed G.O.P. hopes for further gains in Montana and Illinois. Gingrich, who on Election Day was privately predicting that he would pick up five seats, kept his balloons in the nets and his head down...
Lewis was the first in his family to graduate from high school. He had to sue for the right to go to college. In the '60s he rode the freedom buses, was beaten in Montgomery, Alabama, and led the Selma-to-Montgomery march for voting rights. In the House, the five-term incumbent serves as one of four deputy whips, and he speaks out for programs to protect the quality of health care and education for the working poor. It is no wonder Lewis is running unopposed...