Word: georgias
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...those charges arose at the next-to-last moment to haunt him yet again. The Armed Services Committee had scheduled a vote for Thursday that looked certain to be affirmative and to pave the way for confirmation by the full Senate. That morning, however, Committee Chairman Sam Nunn of Georgia and ranking Republican John Warner of Virginia agreed to put off the vote indefinitely. Their explanation: new allegations serious enough to demand a check...
...Kroks' repertoire will include two new songs, "Tutti Frutty" and "Georgia." The Kroks' debonair style should provide an interesting comparison with that of the Alleycats, which is said to be similar to the Din and Tonics...
...outsiders would think of the U.S. capital as a religious center. Yet Washington may boast more Christian prayer groups per square block than any other town outside the Bible Belt. What makes D.C.'s prayer groups special is not only their growing numbers but also the prominent political figures -- Georgia's Senator Sam Nunn, Marilyn Quayle, Susan (Mrs. James) Baker -- who are among the active members. Observes Oregon's Senator Mark Hatfield, a veteran of the movement: "People are always surprised to learn that there are spiritual people here in the Sodom and Gomorrah of politics...
...Government." At the height of the Viet Nam buildup, Defense Secretary Robert McNamara proposed compulsory national service as a remedy for the inequities of the military draft. Now, amid the first stirrings of a rebirth of altruism, the idea has been revived by congressional Democrats eager to inspire what Georgia Senator Sam Nunn calls "a new spirit of citizenship and civic obligation in America...
...study involved a small number of families and that there was no group of intact families to provide a statistical comparison. They note also that children tend to be depressed in adolescence whether they are from broken or intact families. Says psychologist Rex Forehand of the University of Georgia in Athens: "The answer on long-term effects...