Word: emersonic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...EMERSON (R, I) District 8 (Southeast--Cape Girardeau...
Running as an "Emercrat," Bill Emerson had been the first Republican to carry the Eighth District in 50 years. Lung cancer took the eight-term Congressman's life this year, and his widow is the G.O.P. nominee in a "special election" to finish his term, which officially ends in January. However, in a bizarre electoral twist, she is also running--as an Independent, on the same day--to win the seat for the next term...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "I run now to continue the Bill Emerson tradition of public service, but I run as Jo Ann Emerson. Ready and happy to let voters judge me on my own ideas and merits...
Firebaugh is running against not one, but two Republican conservatives--but not in the same election. She is the Democratic candidate in both the special election to finish Bill Emerson's term and the general election to fill the open seat in the new term. To get some name recognition against the better-known Jo Ann Emerson, Firebaugh traveled to every county in the district. And thanks to the fluke of having two putative G.O.P. opponents, she may split the conservative vote wide enough...
...routine class often includes several professors, TFs, guest speakers, and students scurrying up to the podium in Emerson 108 to share their knowledge on whatever topic has come up. Informal discussion is common, and rarely does everyone stick to one discipline on a given...