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...party holds the floor as long as they can in order to prevent a vote on a nominee or issue. Sixty votes are required to stop a filibuster. By Wednesday, February, 12th, less than 36 hours after Estrada's name came to the floor, the always-garrulous Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia was regaling his colleagues with lengthy (and, yes, totally irrelevant) tales of his long-lost youth. It was a scene that brought to mind some of the chamber's famous filibusters...
Peer Contraceptive Counseling director Vincent T. Byrd ’04 is also quick to sing the praises of self-gratification. “Masturbation is the safest form of sexual activity,” he says. “And we all know that sex and war is like a condom and an oil based lubricant—they just don?...
...Democrats’ three-day effort to block Estrada, the Senate chambers have been regaled on a wide variety of topics by a succession of Democratic senators, including a long talk from Senator Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., on the extended courtship of his wife...
...World Boxing Organization's heavyweight champion, Klitschko took the title two years ago by dominating American Chris Byrd in a 12-round bout. He will defend it for the fourth time this Saturday in Las Vegas, against another American, Jameel McCline. Klitschko, who will reportedly earn more than $1 million for the fight, is the overwhelming favorite. Fight connoisseurs are calling him the boxing world's next superstar. Despite his size - he's 2 m and weighs 114 kg - the long-limbed Klitschko is surprisingly light on his feet, but packs a wicked punch. His chief competition for ring mastery...
...Wolfe received 35 percent of the vote as the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate against Democratic Sen. Robert C. Byrd...