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Former colleagues insist that if anything, Thomas had a special sensitivity toward women's concerns. Janet Brown, who met Thomas when both were on the staff of Missouri Senator John Danforth, recalled that when she was subjected to sexual harassment some years ago, Thomas was the most sympathetic of her friends. "Outside my immediate family, there was no one who exhibited more compassion, more outrage, more sensitivity, more caring than Clarence Thomas...
...Education Prize was awarded to Vice President J. Danforth Quayle, "for demonstrating, better than anyone else, the need for science education...
...spot that branded Michael Dukakis soft on crime but left George Bush open to charges of racism. Anxious not to be associated with such negative campaigning this time around, Bush quickly labeled the attacks on the Senators "counterproductive." Thomas pronounced them "vicious." His chief Senate supporter, Missouri Republican John Danforth, called them "sleazy" and "scurrilous...
...Danforth Center (now the Derek Bok Center) does an extensive and excellent job training teaching fellows and tutorial leaders. I wonder how many junior or senior faculty have ever been videotaped? Some professors refuse to distribute CUE guide questionnaires because they claim they cannot devote class time for them. That's a good one. Afraid of something...
Ironically, Thomas' strongest advocate in the Senate, Missouri Republican John Danforth, last week accused the White House of "trying to turn the clock back on civil rights." Danforth had been attempting to broker a compromise between the Administration and Congress over the new civil rights bill. But Bush rejected a bipartisan plan to bar employers from demanding higher qualifications than a job requires, a practice that can tend to discriminate against minority applicants. So when the Senate returns from its August recess, it will deal with two explosive issues centering on affirmative action...