Word: congressman
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...Verbal-insult trading is admittedly not a viable option. Hillary Clinton may think a certain Congressman whose name rhymes with "thin witch" is a bastard or an s.o.b., but neither appellation has anything like the force of bitch. The meanest things you can say about a man boil down to attacks on a woman: the mother insult, implying subhuman status and moralsand men can experience its sting only indirectly, at a generation's remove...
...into a friendship after Gingrich was elected to Congress. Through the years the Gingriches began spending considerable time with Toffler and his wife of 44 years, Heidi, who has collaborated on her husband's books without, until recently, accepting byline credit. Over the recent New Year's holidays, the Congressman and his wife Marianne stayed a week at the Tofflers' Los Angeles home -- their own spirited, though modest version of a Renaissance weekend...
What is it about Toffler's and Gilder's futuristic work that has so attracted a conservative Republican Congressman from the South? The surprising -- and, to some, unsettling -- answer seems to be the cataclysmic social revolutions that both authors blithely, indeed joyfully, say have already begun...
...Center, which has 500 radio talk shows on its superefficient fax network. CIC sent pro-Contract clips and talking points to the shows; many hosts read the material verbatim on the air. The scheme worked handsomely; the Rush Republicans went to the polls. Limbaugh's clout is immense; former Congressman Vin Weber says Rush is as responsible as anyone else for the G.O.P. victory, and last week the Democrats of Texas paid him the compliment of a "Crush Rush with the Truth" campaign to fight his views by heckling stations and pressuring advertisers. Limbaugh, of course, loves the attention...
...year veteran, says he wants a 12-years-and-you're-out provision, whereas most limit supporters favor a six-year cap. What's possible, then, is numerous House votes on varying schemes, with none garnering the 290 yeas needed. "That's the idea," concedes a G.O.P. Congressman. "You fulfill the contract's promise to vote on the issue -- there's no pledge of actual passage -- while minimizing the chances of its becoming law. As Newt says, if you're artful, 'you can favor public policy without having to be a martyr...