Word: harriett
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Harriett Cotharn Chicago
...there are likely to be many more. Fed by the recent upsurge in women officeholders, the political pipeline should be brimming with potentially competitive Democratic women, few of whom are household names now. Missouri State Senator Harriett Woods, 56, who in 1982 narrowly lost her bid for the U.S. Senate to Republican Incumbent John Danforth, is moving into the national spotlight again with a race for Lieutenant Governor. In Oklahoma, four-term State Representative Cleta Deatherage Mitch ell, 33, caught the eye of national Democratic officials with her savvy performance as a member of the party's Hunt commission...
...campaign T- Shirts say GIVE 'EM HELL, HARRIETT. That is precisely what the Democratic challenger is doing. Harriett Woods, 55, a Missouri state senator and well-known talk-show host, has campaigned ceaselessly against incumbent Republican John Danforth's support of Reagan's economic programs, an approach that is going down well in the traditionally Democratic and fiscally floundering Show Me State. Danforth, 46, an Episcopal priest, heir to the Ralston Purina fortune and Missouri attorney general for eight years before becoming a Senator in 1976, is outspending Woods 2 to 1 and trading on his enormous...
...lies at the statistical center of the U.S. population, first-term Senator John Danforth, 46, is at the political center of the Republican Party. And until very recently that seemed a decidedly safe place to be. But Danforth, who confidently hoped to coast to reelection, is being challenged by Harriett Woods, 55, a peppy, articulate liberal and the only woman running for the Senate this year under the Democratic banner. Several weeks ago, a poll by the St. Louis Globe-Democrat showed Danforth with a 17-point lead. Late last week the newspaper's latest poll had Woods pulling...
...finders visit dozens of private schools a year. Boarding schools specializing in laggard students are much in demand. Says Beverly Hills Counselor Harriett Bay: "Rarely does a parent come in with a terrific little kid seeking a terrific school. Most come in a moment of crisis...