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...Capitol Hill, he is a model of legislative acumen and fiery oratory. But his caustic nature and liberal tendencies make him as controversial as he is esteemed...
...Thereal world impinged on Harvard every day, andHarvard imposed itself on the world. I recall,during my first year, going to speeches by GeorgeC. Wallace and James Baldwin and Malcolm X andMartin Luther King Jr. Did that happen anywhereelse? And were professors at other colleges asmuch in demand on Capitol Hill as ours? That, ofcourse, could be a mixed blessing. I thinkProfessor Henry Kissinger missed almost as manyGov. 180 lectures...
Although he talks as if he needs a visa to go inside the Beltway, Perot has dined at the White House, sailed on the presidential yacht Sequoia and lobbied the Oval Office, the Cabinet and Capitol Hill. In 1975, for example, he pulled off a coup most lobbyists only dream about. Late one night as the House Ways and Means Committee tied up the loose ends in that year's tax bill, then Democratic Congressman Phil Landrum of Georgia introduced an amendment that might have been the largest one-time tax break in history, granting Perot an unheard-of capital...
BRAVING A SWELTERING SPRING SUN, 2,000 ROSS Perot zealots lugged 90 cardboard boxes stuffed with signed petitions up the lawn to the Texas Capitol last week in an effort to put the billionaire on the state's presidential ballot. This well-scripted media spectacle, festooned with flapping flags, balloons and bunting, marked the unofficial unannouncement of the uncandidate. In only nine weeks, Perot, who has qualified for four other state ballots, collected more than 200,000 signatures in Texas -- four times what he needed -- and that's a chilling omen for Bush and Democratic challenger Bill Clinton...
...says would cost just 15,000 jobs. That plan, however, would violate the Endangered Species Act by reducing critical habitat for the endangered bird; it would therefore require congressional approval. In effect, Lujan once again fulfilled his role as friend of industry and handed off the tough choice to Capitol Hill...