Word: clearing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Irish brunch hosted by Massachusetts Senate President William M. Bulger (D-South Boston), Lieutenant Governor Evelyn Murphy, one of the predicted front runners in the upcoming gubernatorial race. tried to clear up confusion about who the candidates for governor will be. "No matter who enters the race, no matter who withdraws, I want this to be made clear--in 1990 I will not be a candidate for the office of lieutenant governor...
However, what is clear is that police conduct in the incident was deplorable. Whether or not the decision by Cambridge police officers to search the two students was motivated by race, the fact remains that the two students were detained and searched--apparently without any probable cause...
...happening, and the worst for Bush, was the Senate's rejection of former Senator John Tower for Secretary of Defense by a vote of 53 to 47. It marked the first time in 30 years that the full Senate had spurned a President's Cabinet choice, and was a clear indication of which way the power is flowing along Pennsylvania Avenue. Bush moved swiftly to stanch the bleeding by replacing Tower with Congressman Richard Cheney, a Wyoming Republican who served as White House chief of staff under Gerald Ford. Cheney is expected to win quick FBI clearance and Senate confirmation...
...calls from Barry and Jesse Jackson, Atwater reluctantly resigned. Most of the students' other demands were met, including amnesty for the demonstrators. One protest leader, April Silver, exulted that the students had made an "international statement to the world." Youthful hyperbole, perhaps, but the students had sent a clear message to Atwater and the G.O.P.: It will take more than just strumming the blues to realize their dream of a Republican "rainbow coalition...
...glasnost and her % natural self-confidence. But not all Soviets approve of Raisa's high profile. Groused one Muscovite: "What is the meaning of Raisa this, Raisa that? Am I supposed to live like she does?" At a televised celebration at the Bolshoi Theater after her speech, it was clear that she has not totally broken the traditional mold of Soviet leaders' spouses. Mikhail Gorbachev sat on the dais, while Raisa watched from the audience...