Word: buts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Civiletti said that he had found no rea son to prosecute Jordan on the basis of evidence turned up so far, but nonetheless felt that he had no choice but to call for a special prosecutor. The reasonlies in the provisions of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, a...
But Louisiana has come a long way from the Depression poverty that Long fought-and exploited. If the state has the highest illiteracy rate in the nation, it ranks with Texas as a leading producer of gas and oil. A burgeoning middle class has produced conservative politics. Republicans are still...
Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne's biggest hero is her predecessor, the late Richard J. Daley, who launched her political career. But affection for the father does not carry over to the son. State Senator Richard M. Daley, who is currently Byrne's biggest enemy. The sulfurous feud threatens...
Her target has been the 10,000 city hall patronage jobs awarded to the city's 50 ward committeemen on the basis of their performance at the polls. The more votes they bring out, the more jobs they get for friends. When public scolding, sarcasm and humiliation did not...
In addition to serving in the state senate, Daley, 37, is a committeeman from the Eleventh Ward, bastion of Irish political power and his father's impregnable home base. Daley ducked controversy until Byrne's behavior aroused his combative instincts. He first challenged the mayor in September, when...