Word: congressmen
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...plenty of guffaws too." In terms of party lines, the census issue is simple: The bulk of those who go uncounted under the current system are blacks, Hispanics and the poor -- largely Democratic voters. If the census were adjusted to count more of them, those minorities would get more congressmen, more federal funding and more political attention. And President Clinton wants to be the one to give it to them...
...investigative journalist whose dogged accusations as an ex-G.I. led to the exposure of the massacre at My Lai; of a heart attack while playing handball; in Metairie, La. Shocked by comrades' talk of the March 16, 1968, killings, Ridenhour investigated and sent a long letter to several Congressmen and President Nixon when he returned to the U.S. His account that "something rather dark and bloody" had transpired seared the nation's conscience...
...deal. "It may be a terror weapon, but it's no more dangerous than gasoline," says TIME Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson. "It's flammable, but not explosive." While PCI had planned to turn the napalm into fuel for cement kilns, it's now firing a frenzy of lobbying by congressmen determined to keep that incendiary train rolling right along...
...brought was a spirit of rebellion--against first the French and later the Americans. As Ho's war escalated in the mid-1960s, it became clear to Lyndon Johnson that Vietnam would imperil his presidency. In 1965, Johnson tried a diplomatic approach. Accustomed to dispensing patronage to recalcitrant Congressmen, he was confident that the tactic would work. "Old Ho can't turn me down," L.B.J. said. But Ho did. Any settlement, he realized, would mean accepting a permanent partition and forfeiting his dream to unify Vietnam under his flag...
What's your next Special Report? A list of Congressmen who are fooling around with staff members? DOUG WALKER Asheville...