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Things have presumably become easier since the C-Span cable network began televising the proceedings of the two houses. Now reporters watch them on big television sets in the third-floor rabbit warren called the Senate Press Gallery, with its incongruously ornate ceiling and floor, joined by drab partitions of...
The desire for a smooth transition also seemed to be a factor in choosing the new Director of Central Intelligence: Robert Gates, a 20-year CIA veteran and Casey protege who has been running the agency since Casey was hospitalized. Gates, who at 43 is the youngest Director ever named...
In choosing North Carolina's fire-breathing conservative Jesse Helms as ranking Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee last week, G.O.P. Senators seemed to agree. At 65, Helms is hardly in his dotage. But were it not for his seniority, his colleagues almost certainly would have chosen Indiana's Richard...
Republican committee members voted 7 to 0 for Lugar, who assumed the full caucus would simply "affirm" that decision. But Helms remained uncharacteristically serene. "We don't want to do away with the seniority system, do we?" he slyly asked colleagues. The not-so-subtle message got through, particularly to...
The strategy paid off as Stars & Stripes grew stronger during the competition. The boat seemed to find a "magical lift," according to rival USA Skipper Tom Blackaller, who lost the semifinals to Conner in four straight three weeks ago. That set the stage for a neat matchup of opposites last...