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...Dennis Byrd walks again. Last year, the New York Jets offensive lineman was injured and told he would never walk again. But this year, at the Jets home opener, Byrd crutched his way to center field. For pure inspiration, this was the moment of the year. He had defied the odds and beat his injures...
...resignation of the embattled Packwood, who faces charges of sexual harassment from 26 women. "I believe it will be increasingly difficult, if not impossible, for Senator Packwood to effectively perform the duties of his office," Kassebaum declared. She was only the second Senator, after Robert Byrd, to demand openly that Packwood quit...
Homage to William Byrd. A candlelightconcert of Renaissance keyboard music performed byJames Niccolson on the Flemish double virginal.Adolphus Busch Hall, 29 Krikland St., 8 p.m. $10for students...
...rambling, ranting soliloquy that basically charged the committee with prying into his private life. Maryland Senator Barbara Mikulski countered, "We are not the Senate Select Committee on Voyeurism." When the droning debate tied up Senate business for a second full day, legislators grew impatient. Finally Tuesday evening, Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia implored his embattled colleague to sacrifice himself for the larger good: "None of us is without flaws. But when those flaws damage the institution of the Senate, it is time to have the grace...
...supported the ethics committee's effort to subpoena 8,400 pages of diaries as part of a sexual-misconduct investigation of Bob Packwood, the Oregon Republican. The five-term Senator refused to hand over the diaries, however, and the battle will now move into the federal courts. Democrat Robert Byrd of West Virginia savaged Packwood in a speech on the Senate floor and called on him to resign...