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...dispensed with Gramm and the rest, he had abandoned his long-standing support for affirmative action and taken a much harder line on illegal immigration. He had led the fight to repeal the ban on assault weapons, then shifted positions a year later. He had morphed into a movie critic, of films he hadn't seen. He had called Steve Forbes' flat tax "snake oil" in February but by August had become a born-again supply-sider. "I'm willing to be another Ronald Reagan, if that's what you want...
DIED. DIANA TRILLING, 91, social and cultural critic who wrote of literary figures, the trial of Jean Harris and her marriage to writer-professor Lionel Trilling; in New York City. Trilling belonged to an intellectual circle that thrived in the '30s, '40s and '50s and included Irving Howe, Saul Bellow, Mary McCarthy and Irving Kristol...
Seven-term incumbent Burton is a fierce critic of the Clinton Administration. He also co-sponsored the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act, which tightened sanctions against the island. Not considered an inner-circle member of the House G.O.P., he nevertheless keeps his constituents happy, winning at least 63% of the vote in each re-election...
...Wild Bill" Clay was called a militant when he went to Congress 28 years ago. The first African-American legislator from Missouri, he is still an energetic Democrat: he wanted to cancel the stamp honoring Richard Nixon, and is a persistent critic of Contract with America legislation. A friend of labor and sponsor of the Family and Medical Leave Act, Clay, who survived the 1992 disclosure of 328 House bank overdrafts, still seems solid...
Dornan is a right-wing master of rhetoric who preaches family values and military might. A perpetually partisan critic, he has hounded President Clinton for his draft record and homosexuals for their nontraditional life-style. After washing out on the presidential trail this year, Dornan also faces a tough congressional opponent...