Word: howards
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...younger, dynamic Senator? At the moment, many party pros say no. That answer would seem to give an advantage to John Connally, 62, who is Kennedy's equal as a tub thumper. If Connally turns out to be unacceptable to rank-and-file Republicans, they might turn either to Howard Baker or George Bush. Both lack flair as campaigners, but they have long experience in Washington, they have no scandal in their backgrounds and their views are only moderately conservative...
...three dozen committees and subcommittees, more than any other Senate member, and too many to be efficient, as he later learned. Senators on both sides of the aisle have come to respect him as an able legislator, on the Senate floor and in its hearing rooms. Republican Majority Leader Howard Baker calls him "one of the half-dozen most effective people in the Senate." Many of his colleagues agree...
...last week continued ''marking up''-going over line by line-the proposed resolution of ratification. During the ''mark-up,'' amendments can be introduced and voted upon by committee members. Among the most notable offered last week were several by Minority Leader Howard Baker that dealt with the Soviet monopoly on large-scale ICBMS...
Burger has played a much more visible leadership role off the bench. He likes to point out that his title is not Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, it is Chief Justice of the U.S. More than any Chief since William Howard Taft, who served 50 years ago, Burger has been concerned with the administration of justice in the U.S. In speeches, interviews and articles, he is constantly proposing ways to help courts cope with their huge backlogs...
...Dick Howard. ''Most of them are inde pendent pragmatists who take each case as it comes.'' Says Stanford's Gunther...