Word: congressmen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have battled over the proper level of high-tech sales to the Soviets. Defense officials are acutely aware that the U.S. relies on the technological superiority of its weapons to offset Soviet numerical advantages, and they occasionally snipe at Commerce for missing Moscow's subterfuges. At the same time, Congressmen representing ^ districts dominated by high-tech industries disagree with regulators concerning the levels of control...
...divided into those who have and those who have not developed the impervious veneer required by television -- that ability to duck an awkward question by talking about something else, the talent to pat-a- cake thoughts into little mouthfuls suitable for stopwatch programming. Of all the Senators and Congressmen on exhibit in recent televised hearings, Teddy Kennedy has the most undentable carapace. Many who watched the Bork hearings concluded that Kennedy and Utah's sycophantic Orrin Hatch vied in giving the worst performances. Yet Kennedy dominated the evening news coverage by crafting his wild charges into the little sound bites...
...Education William J. Bennett on the warpath. On this, his latest campaign, Bennett is addressing a disgraceful problem largely ignored by educators, namely the increasingly high rates of default on student loans. As usual, Bennett is getting a lot of attention--not the least of which is coming from Congressmen and university administrators...
...time of belt-tightening on Capitol Hill, congressmen want to see their education money used wisely before they decide to spend more. Universities would further their own interests by taking the loan situation more seriously. Why should any senator or representative allocate funds for student aid programs when he knows many of the borrowers never will pay back their loans...
...Congressmen rail against the Pentagon budget in the morning, and then in the afternoon make it clear that the military base in their district must not be closed. Leadership at that level finds it hard to decide between the general abstract and the personal local...