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...going to be the congressional inquest of the decade. A journey deep into the addled soul of American politics. More FBI agents on board than tracked down John Dillinger. Enough big donors under oath to fill out a fund raiser. Even a man from Watergate swinging the gavel. It would be must-see TV: Big Fred Thompson and his Donorgate hearings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TROUBLES FOR THOMPSON'S SHOW | 6/16/1997 | See Source »

Birmingham's legendary predecessor William M. Bulger (D-South Boston) was a state legislator for 18 years before he took over the ornate wood-paneled office that comes with the president's gavel...

Author: By Richard M. Burnes, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Son Of Chelsea Now Atop Beacon Hill | 6/3/1997 | See Source »

...then gearing up for the midterm election. Indeed, the think tank transferred $1.6 million to the R.N.C. three weeks before the triumphant G.O.P. takeover of Congress. Young received a taste of the victory in a meeting with Newt Gingrich a few days before the Speaker took the House gavel. The event was arranged as a "personal favor" to Barbour, according to a record kept by the Speaker. And that was not the last favor. A year later, when Barbour was invited to meet Chinese Foreign Minister Qian Qichen in Beijing, he took along Young, giving an aviation salesman rare access...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNA FROM HONG KONG | 5/12/1997 | See Source »

...courtroom has become a smorgasbord of noise now, with the judge banging his gavel, the prosecutor pounding his fist, screaming objections, with some incoherent moans being emitted from the fan in question...

Author: By Bradford E. Miller, | Title: Seattle's Best | 4/7/1997 | See Source »

Already such top-down TV powerhouses as MSNBC and ABC Online are testing it. C-SPAN is "Webcasting" gavel-to-gavel congressional coverage. Fox TV is using it for a two-week Net trial of its 24-hour news program...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NETLEY NEWS: THEY'VE GOTTA HAVE IT | 2/24/1997 | See Source »

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