Word: burtons
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California's abrasive Phillip Burton, an explosively propelled San Franciscan who is rated as an all-out liberal by his colleagues, was the favorite. But he was by no means Tip O'Neill's favorite. With his sandpaper style and naked drive for power, Burton had quite a few enemies. Second in the handicapping was Missouri's Richard Boiling, admired as a scholarly authority on constitutional and parliamentary affairs, but considered aloof and arrogant by many of his colleagues. Third-ranked was Texas' Jim Wright, 53, who started his political career as an avowed liberal...
McFall was the inevitable fall guy on the first ballot: Burton 106, Boiling 81, Wright 77, McFall 31. With McFall gone under the low-man-out rule, there was speculation that if Burton and Wright beat out Boiling on the second ballot, Burton would win the runoff -since Boiling's supporters would not throw their ballots to the conservative Texan. If Burton and Boiling were the survivors, Boiling would win, since Wright's backers would not vote for the liberal Californian. There were rumors that on the second ballot some of Burton's supporters threw their votes...
Part Prophet. Secluded at the rear of the chamber, O'Neill tried to show no emotion, but his expression was morose. Though he stood aloof from the struggle and made a point of saying, "I can work with anyone," he is known to loathe Burton. Suddenly, an emissary burst from the Speaker's lobby, where the secret paper ballots were being counted, held up one finger and passed the word to members: Wright 148, Burton 147. Tip O'Neill was grinning, ear to ear. The early speculation was proved wrong: 53 Boiling voters swung to Wright...
...PHILLIP BURTON, 50, a prickly, hyperaggressive liberal Californian who began his race for leader more than a year ago and is generally considered the front runner with an estimated 100 votes pledged to him. Burton played a key role in early 1975 in thwarting a move to oust Wayne Hays from his chairmanship of the House Administration Committee. When Hays was forced to resign after the disclosure that he kept bosomy Elizabeth Ray on the Government payroll. Burton lost some support. Though Burton insists, "Tip and I will work very well together," the two men are often at odds; twice...
...opening performance of the Burton was followed by Jean-Pierre Dautricourt's Elan I, II for two flutes, composed in 1976. The work is written in a stream of consciousness vein, although the development is in fact somewhat controlled. Nevertheless, Elan sounds almost aleatoric in places; that is, the actual notes played in any one performance are determined by the whim of the performer, although the catalogue of choices for these notes is usually written out by the composer...