Word: edward
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...minimum wage bill currently before the Congress is sponsored by Rep. Augustus F. Hawkins (D--Cal.) and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D--Mass.), a staunch labor supporter and the chair of the Senate labor committee. It would increase the wage incrementally for three years, peaking at $4.65 in 1991, and would afterwards peg the minimum wage at half of the national average wage...
Written by Edward Albee...
...that is something for which Massachusetts citizens can be thankful. After crushing his Republican opponent Glenn Fiscus in the race to represent the Eighth District, Kennedy lost his bid for a seat on the House Appropriations Committee to Rep. Chester Atkins (D-Mass.), who will now replace retiring Rep. Edward Boland (D-Mass.) on the panel...
...race was a very divisive one, as Kennedy and Atkins tried to woo the other members of the state's delegation in an extensive campaign. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54-56 (D-Mass.) publicly predicted that his nephew would win the seat, but there were also delegates who believed that the spot should go to Atkins because of his seniority. The resulting confusion among the Bay State representatives nearly cost Massachusetts a spot on the committee. Rep. Bruce Morrison (D-Conn.) entered the fray, hoping to sneak into the spot by taking advantage of the split vote...
...Paris: Christopher Redman, Margot Hornblower European Economic Correspondent: Adam Zagorin Bonn: James O. Jackson Rome: Cathy Booth Eastern Europe: Kenneth W. Banta Moscow: John Kohan, Ann Blackman Jerusalem: Jon D. Hull Cairo: Dean Fischer, David S. Jackson Nairobi: James Wilde Johannesburg: Bruce W. Nelan New Delhi: Ross H. Munro, Edward W. Desmond Beijing: Sandra Burton Hong Kong: William Stewart, Jay Branegan Tokyo: Barry Hillenbrand, Seiichi Kanise, Kumiko Makihara Central America: John Moody Mexico City: John Borrell Rio de Janeiro: Laura Lopez...