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Heimert's penchant for tradition occasionally sparks memorable comments: explaining the University's new alcohol policy to residents this fall, one house senior says, Heimert stood on a chair and bellowed, "those gutless cowards up in the Yard want to take away your booze...

Author: By Joshua W. Shenk, | Title: Marking The End of An Era | 2/25/1991 | See Source »

Legislators noted that unlike his speech last year, where Dukakis referred to state lawmakers as "gutless," the governor took responsibiity for many problems during a year marked by cantankerous budget debates. Dukakis said it was clear to him that the timing was wrong last year for a call to expand state government...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dukakis Praised for Conciliation | 1/17/1990 | See Source »

Increasingly, Colombian public opinion favors negotiating with the narcos. It is a notion that Barco's associates know better than to utter around the office. When police foiled a plot to kill Barco's daughter, the flinty President said, "With common criminals and gutless assassins, dialogue is not possible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Colombia Noble Battle, Terrible Toll | 12/18/1989 | See Source »

...control. Until last week, Brady had never used his plight to dramatize the issue. Finally, fed up with Congress's failure to act on even modest gun-control measures, Brady came before a Senate committee in his wheelchair to deliver a blunt plea. Congress, he said, was "gutless" for failing to pass the Brady amendment, which would require a seven-day waiting period so that police could determine if a handgun purchaser was a felon or mental defective prohibited from buying firearms. Lawmakers who oppose the bill, Brady suggested, should "try being in my wheels for just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Washington: Plea from A Wheelchair | 12/4/1989 | See Source »

While in last week's address Dukakis lambasted his fiscal critics as "gutless wonders" and denied that further spending cuts were needed to reduce the state's $636 million budget shortfall, he hinted that new taxes would soon be proposed...

Author: By Michael J. Bonin, | Title: Defensive Tone Marks New Dukakis Policies | 11/1/1989 | See Source »

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