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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When Bill Brewster announced his retirement, Oklahoma Democrats scrambled to save the last Democratic seat in the state. Now the man with the longest run as Oklahoma Senate majority leader faces the man for every party, new Republican Wes Watkins. Roberts' record on jobs, and his endorsement from former House Speaker Carl Albert, make him a real contender...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: OKLAHOMA | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

...seemed sentenced to wander in a purgatory where they sought to expiate their Vietnam sins and exorcise memories of being in cars surrounded by chanting protesters. "Mac is going to spend the rest of his life trying to justify his mistakes on Vietnam," commented his closest friend, Kingman Brewster, who was named president of Yale in 1963 after Kennedy talked Bundy out of accepting the job. He became president of the Ford Foundation (which in a different world would have come later, after being Secretary of State), wrote a thoughtful tome on the relationship between the atom bomb and diplomacy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST: MCGEORGE BUNDY, 1919-1996 | 9/30/1996 | See Source »

Other names often mentioned at the time as possible picks included Kingman Brewster, the president of Yale University; Samuel I. Hayakawa, the president of San Francisco State College; and McGeorge Bundy, president of the Ford Foundation and a former confidant of John F. Kennedy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Law Dean Bok Succeeded Pusey As President | 6/3/1996 | See Source »

Although the movie is purported to be a cross between "Steel Magnolias" and "The Women of Brewster Place," it comes closer to an African-American version of "thirtysomething" with the main message glaringly obvious: "Every woman needs...

Author: By Marian Hennessy-fiske, | Title: Waiting for a Good Movie? Don't Hold Your Breath | 1/8/1996 | See Source »

Walsh brings a wealth of experience to Harvard baseball, having served as the coach of the Cape Cod League's Brewster Whitecaps in 1988 and the pitching coach of the Wareham Gatemen since 1991. He has also coached the Simonelli Oilers of the Boston Park League...

Author: By Jill L. Brenner and Matt Howitt, S | Title: Walsh Named New Baseball Skipper | 9/21/1995 | See Source »

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