Word: elected
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Burke argues, we must allow our elected officials the latitude to decide the merits of each piece of legislation independently. That's why we elect representatives in the first place. By creating a system in which we require our representatives to make absolute promises (such as the popular prohibition against ever raising taxes), we assure that we'll never have anything other than a system composed of pandering fools...
...think a lot of people will want to be on my staff, but not because they're groupies. I understand there are some very ambitious people in Washington. They'll probably look at working for me as very high profile and want exposure, and those people I want." -- Congressman-elect Sonny Bono (R.- California...
...rift betweenNew York City Mayor Rudolph Giulianiandincoming New York Gov. George Pataki-- fodder for talk show barbs ever since Pataki refused to return the mayor's congratulatory phone call -- may be on the mend, at least on the public relations level. The governor-elect last night finally agreed to meet one-on-one with Giuliani, who broke GOP ranks to endorse Democratic incumbent Gov. Mario Cuomo this fall. The ice-breaker: Pataki relented on tight fiscal proposals affecting the city's public employees and schools. The standoff had caught the notice ofDavid Letterman, who listed...
...league, a major accreditor of nursing schools, will probably continue to lend its considerable clout to TT; its president-elect for 1995 is none other than Jean Watson...
...shoeshine and a smile and a sample case full of miracle cures. They gave few specifics, but never mind. Voters were convinced that their generic bromides looked better than what the Democrats . had been peddling. Of those who uprooted hardy Democratic perennials, few were more unlikely than Texas Congressman-elect Steve Stockman and Tennessee Senator-elect Bill Frist...