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...weekend, Senator Maurine Neuberger delivered a 4½-hour speech against the bill−by far the longest speech ever vented by a woman member of the U.S. Senate. She thereby sparked a small argument among veteran Senate galleryites about whether she should be called a filibusterer or a filibustress. Near the end of her speech, Maurine noted that when she taught English back in Oregon she used to quote a little rhyme to her pupils as an example of anticlimax: O dear, what shall I do? I've lost my beau and my lipstick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Congress: Head Winds | 8/10/1962 | See Source »

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