Word: cannoneering
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...always been a basic ingredient of the Washington pudding. But it was far less dominant a factor in the years when the economy was expanding. There seemed to be plenty for everybody. Not so long ago, the budget process was left to eccentric men like Missouri's Clarence Cannon, who ran the House Appropriations Committee for 23 years. The clerks who helped him were anonymous fellows who lived in Capitol warrens...
Lobbyists and a few journalists knew their power, but Cannon and his moles went largely undisturbed while the great legislative whales like Sam Rayburn and Lyndon Johnson talked high policy about testing hydrogen bombs, shooting for the moon or passing voting rights legislation...
...boyhood home of Monroe. Boyce was well suited to assess the small-town rhythms of Monroe, with its old courthouse dominating the square and its passion for politics; he was reared in the very similar town of Danville, Ill., seat of the legendary Speaker of the House Joe Cannon. Says Boyce: "Politics aside, I could understand why those who knew Helms as a youth still speak of him with a pride that is only a touch vicarious. Conservatism is deeply rooted in towns like Monroe. For Helms to be other than he is would be to renounce his heritage...
Maureen Reagan thinks she'll run. "I hope not," President Reagan blurted out several weeks ago. White House aides are aghast at the First Daughter's possible entry into next year's California Senate race. "She's a real loose cannon," says one. But a California political pro is hedging his bets: "You can't totally write...
Garp Creator John Irving strikes again The pieces of the dream machine are in place. Scaffolding has been erected against a brick building for a shot involving a small boy who nearly falls off a roof. At the edge of a vast lawn, a fake rock wall and Styrofoam cannon mark the location of the sex scene. The trucks that moved the cameras, props and coils of electrical spaghetti have been converted into Teamster poker parlors. For the hot, thirsty crew that has assembled jv this summer on the bosky Georgian campus of the Millbrook School near Poughkeepsie...