Word: byrds
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...which Americans have supplied U.S. military secrets to the Soviets, the Senate on Friday added an amendment to the defense authorization bill. If enacted, the provision will mandate execution or life imprisonment without parole for anyone convicted of espionage for a Communist country. Said Senate Minority Leader Robert Byrd, who introduced the amendment: "Those who would even contemplate such an outrage must know that their punishment will be certain and irrevocable...
...week the Senate forced the Administration to limit deployment of the MX to 50 missiles, half the number the White House wanted. The Defense Department, which had hoped to produce 48 more missiles in fiscal 1986, agreed to 21 and ultimately settled for twelve. Said Senate Democratic Leader Robert Byrd of the Administration's compromise: "To stave off defeat, they made concessions...
...aides' warnings about political retaliation, the final vote bore the marks of tough party discipline. Only eight of the Senate's 53 Republicans voted against the MX measure. The G.O.P. defections were more than offset by ten Democratic votes for the MX, including that of Minority Leader Robert Byrd, a longtime MX supporter. Said Democrat Christopher Dodd: "The negotiations in Geneva are what put this over the top. I'll bet Reagan got ten votes on that basis alone...
Kampelman and his colleagues also had to contend with the scrutiny of ten visiting U.S. Senators and eight Congressmen, all of whom had to be briefed regularly. Said Senate Minority Leader Robert Byrd, one of the group: "If a treaty should emerge, we in the Senate would need to have more than a cursory knowledge of it." Although Kampelman & Co. readily offered backgrounding, they fear that leaks, misstatements and well-meant meddling by the lawmakers could disrupt the talks...
...fine performances did not stop with Schauwecker. Freshman Molly Clark set a pool record in the 100-meter breastoke, and Harvard's virtually invincible pair of divers; Jennifer Goldberg and Shannon Byrd continued their dominance of the Ivy League by finishing first and second once again...