Word: edwin
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...field worker, Breaux entered politics as a staff aide to Edwin Edwards, now Governor, but took care to keep some distance from his scandal-tainted mentor during the campaign. One charge leveled by his Republican opponent, W. Henson Moore, whom Breaux overtook after trailing in Louisiana's open primary, was that he had one of the worst attendance records in Congress. Louisiana voters evidently paid little attention, giving Breaux a 53%-to-47% victory. They may have been more impressed by Breaux's reputation for brokering back-room deals and his straightforward promises to "put Louisiana first" as a Senator...
...York City defense supplier win a $31 million contract to produce small engines for the Army. Nofziger admitted to the New York Times that he signed a letter sent on behalf of the company to James E. Jenkins, who was the top aide to then Presidential Counsellor Edwin Meese. The letter, written in May 1982, just four months after Nofziger left the White House, urged Jenkins to intercede with the Army in considering the Welbilt Electronics Die Corp., later renamed Wedtech. Whether or not the letter played a role, the firm got the nonbid contract in September...
...Jefferson Sessions and waged tough fights against the nominations of Daniel Manion to the Seventh Circuit Appeals Court and William Rehnquist to be Chief Justice of the U.S. Moreover, the Judiciary Committee deals with such matters as civil rights, abortion and school prayer. Any new initiative by Attorney General Edwin Meese on those social issues is bound to hit a roadblock with the new panel, and Meese's chances of being confirmed as a Supreme Court Justice, should Reagan want to appoint him, are probably...
...White House, which has never confirmed any such dealings, said Reagan was joined by Vice President George Bush, Secretary of State George P. Shultz, Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger '38, Attorney General Edwin Meese, CIA Director William Casey, White House chief of staff Donald Regan '40, and Adm. John Poindexter Reagan's national security adviser...
Chalk it up to the fervid atmosphere created by the nation's concern over drug abuse, but some of the suggestions are getting a little wild. Attorney General Edwin Meese last week urged employers to help in the drug campaign by undertaking "surveillance of problem areas such as locker rooms, parking lots and nearby taverns if necessary." On the other side of the field, a group of San Diego civil libertarians who call themselves Question Authority have put together a three-minute telephone tape offering advice on how to disguise drug traces in urine. "Two large tablespoons of bleach (poured...