Word: congressmen
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...That's the biggest part of the rock," he says. "To convince other Congressmen that it should be a federal issue...
...real missing step on the road to political mobilization--taken for granted by the punditry in the California case--is the role of Latino political leaders in catalyzing this mobilization. In California, there are Latino Congressmen and Congresswomen; the Speaker of the State Assembly is Mexican-American; there are legion local officials, political organizations and grassroots operatives...
Glass Houses grew out of a three-year investigation by Hilton, who used to work on Bob Dole's Senate staff. (Kenneth Starr was two years ahead of him at Duke Law School.) Hilton interviewed 150 Congressional staffers and 35 lobbyists. Why does he think Congressmen point fingers when they have secrets of their own? "It's a form of grandiosity," says Hilton. "They tend to think they'll never get caught." Is he worried that an angry Congressman might sue him after the book comes out? Nah: "Truth is a defense." Besides, he adds, "I'm a litigator...
...shocked at the immature reasoning in Lacayo's piece. He suggests that we rethink society's position on adultery, which was "taboo just a few months ago." It is still taboo; it is still wrong. I don't care how many Presidents or Congressmen commit adultery. I can't stand this raising of "nonpartisanship" as if it were some kind of lofty goal more important than truth. Even if some of us fail at times, the goal still matters. ROBERT MCCORMICK Concord, Calif...
...Times Wednesday. For two months, NASA endeavored to keep the news quiet -- ostensibly because it was a private medical matter. Evidently, it didn't fit the mold of a feisty American hero blasting back into orbit. Neither does the prospect of delaying the launch, with Clinton and hundreds of congressmen, celebrities and network anchormen waiting to hear "Godspeed, John Glenn" right on cue. But once again, reality seems to be reminding us that space flight is no simple ride into the sunset...