Word: gavels
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...accounts, the strategy will work. The hearings will almost be scripted from gavel to gavel. Thomas will be confirmed, and the Supreme Court will be worse...
...formation of NOW's commission is a sign that the natives are restless. If the Democrats hope to remain this nation's majority party, they had better heed the warning: stand up for the liberal constituency, or pass the gavel to somebody else...
...with an unhappy marriage, an advanced pregnancy and the possibility of recurrent breast cancer. Turow puts Sandy and Sonny in a hot tub together. But the bubbly alchemy is less convincing than their professional chemistry. Exchanges about subpoenas and fiduciary relationships resound with the authority of a judge's gavel. Clear explanations of how dishonest brokers and floor traders operate should add to the damage-control problems at the Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange...
Keverian, who won the speaker's gavel as a proponent of House reform, has repeatedly said he will not use strong-arm tactics to win support. But his reluctance to press for a new tax increase has frustrated many Democrats, who have traditionally supported Keverian but want to put the state's budget woes behind them...
Eager for the results, the crowd begins to chant, "NO MORE POLLS! NO MORE POLLS!" At 3:17, Pierce supporters begin to hand out confetti. The sound of the gavel banging against the podium resounds throughout the convention hall. The chair begins to speak...