Word: gramm
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DIED. Donald Gramm, 56, aristocratic American bass-baritone, one of opera's most respected and versatile singer-actors as well as a celebrated interpreter of art songs, who used his sonorous and flexible voice, impeccable musicianship and instinctive dramatic ability to create dozens of finely calculated characterizations; of a heart attack; in New York City...
Reagan is well aware of these considerations, and for all the gravity of his decision, cannot resist the actor's temptation to have a bit of fun by prolonging the guessing game. He once promised Texas Congressman Phil Gramm that Gramm could make one of the nominating speeches for him at the Republican Convention in Dallas next year-then, eyes atwinkle, added the inevitable qualification: if he chooses to run. To newsmen he jokes, "There is a 50% chance." He has been equally coy with his closest aides. In a limousine returning to the White House after a speech...
...Phil Gramm, Republican Congressman from Texas: "I still feel the loan guarantees were wrong. I never accepted the premise that Chrysler would be unable to deal with its problems without federal aid. I think Chrysler would be stronger today if it had been forced to make the tough adjustments itself...
With a war chest of $206,000 in leftover campaign funds, Gramm, a former economics professor, should have little trouble regaining his seat as a Republican. Among three declared opponents so far, Dan Kubiak, a lackluster former Democratic state representative, appears to be the strongest...
...Many of Gramm's constituents in the solidly Democratic but fiscally conservative Sixth District seem unfazed by his switch of allegiance. "People who like him still do," shrugged Neeley Lewis, Brazos County Democratic chairman, "and people who don't still...