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...never lost an argument.”Former Rep. E. Clay Shaw Jr. (R-Fla.), a House colleague of Leach for 26 years, said Leach’s quiet manner had helped him carry off disagreements with his Republican colleagues.“If he were some kind of firebrand with his voting record, there would have been tension,” said Shaw, who is a fellow at the Institute of Politics this semester.In his new role as director of the Institute of Politics, Leach is spearheading an initiative to increase student voting in primaries. But above...
...respectful,” noting that “we’re used to a more hysterical response.” Attendees included University President Drew G. Faust and Schlafly’s grandson, Andrew Schlafly ’10. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW] The 82-year-old firebrand has been in the public spotlight since 1972, when she launched STOP ERA to defeat the amendment, which at the time had been ratified by 30 of the required 38 states. Schlafly argued that the law, which read “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied...
...because Labour had the discipline to pull together, unlike the Tories. Under Brown, that discipline has been restored, further bolstering Labour's dominance of British politics. Yet some party stalwarts yearn for the bad old days of red-faced brawls on the conference platform. Former Labour minister and veteran firebrand Tony Benn grimaced as his well-mannered colleagues dutifully filed in for a placid afternoon session. "It's been a lovely week, almost free from politics," he says. "This is really a pre-election rally. I should have brought balloons...
...Hitchens calls as his main corroborating witness a Canadian contemporary of Graham's, whom he misidentifies as "James Templeton." Hitchens explains that as a young firebrand preacher, Templeton (whose name was actually Charles), found his faith faltering; but when he challenged Graham, Hitchens claims, the evangelist told Templeton that it was too late to stop now - "We're in business" - and proceeded to spend the next 50 years as a kind of religious racketeer...
...move is a worrying sign that despite Paisley's credentials as the longtime firebrand militant leader of the most uncompromising wing of the pro-British loyalist community, his path of compromise has failed to convince large sections of the Protestant community. Mindful of concerns among his base, Paisley's party has suggested that public contact between him and McGuiness might be scaled back. But the settlement that brought them together remains sound. Paisley has been in politics almost as long as he's been in the pulpit: he ensured that his rivals for the unionist vote were beaten...