Word: grayed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Sleaze is Blowing Dept.: C. Boyden Gray, Bush's counselor and ethics advisor, finally agreed this week to place his assets in a blind trust, after initially stubbornly refusing to do so. Having a White House "ethics czar" is a fine idea, especially after the brazen disregard for ethical strictures that characterized the Reagan Administration. But the office is worthless unless it is occupied by someone who at least knows that the primary ethical concern of public officials should be scrupulously avoiding even the appearance of a conflict of interest. Gray probably knows, but he doesn't seem to care...
...chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, Rep. Bill Gray (D-Penn.), predicted there would be "no pay raise, no change" in the lawmakers' salary. Gray also said he doubted the House would move to ban speaking fees and other honoraria--a plan favored by Wright in return for the raise...
...Gray said members feared a vote to end yesterday's debate and adjourn "was going to be interpreted as a vote on the pay raise." He said any vote to increase lawmakers' salary now would fail. Even "if it's a vote on 4 percent, it ain't going to pass," Gray added...
...points higher than the week before. Moreover, after years of sleepy meetings with Ronald Reagan, the Congressmen could barely contain their enthusiasm for the more engaged Bush. Many seemed astonished that a President could think and talk extemporaneously. "He didn't need a prepared text," marveled Philadelphia Democrat Bill Gray...
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