Word: hydes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Shultz rejected suggestions from a few committee Republicans that he should have threatened to resign when his advice on the Iran arms sales was not followed. Snapped Shultz in reply to Illinois Congressman Henry Hyde: "Would you have said that I should have sat there on Dec. 7 in the White House and said, 'Mr. President, I see you're wavering, and if you should decide against me, goodbye'?" He added, "That's not the way to play this game at all. I'm there to help the President, not make his life more difficult...
...character and a stern repudiation of the attitude reflected in those telegrams at one point during the hearings. Rudman's speech warranted scant attention in the press; it illicited a sullen agreement from North. But neither North nor his attorney, nor for that matter Senator Orrin Hatch or Henry Hyde, two of the biggest citers of the telegrams, made any public statement on the issue...
Viewers who have followed the Iranscam hearings have come to know not just Ollie and the lawyers but also a gallery of fascinating congressional characters who often were mere names before -- Inouye, Hamilton, Rudman, Mitchell, Boren, Hyde, Cohen, Hatch. Their questions, their demeanor and their quirks could be watched.They are now more recognizable than most of the "Seven Dwarfs" seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, who have largely been subjected to television's usual voice-over, snippety sound-bite techniques on the evening news. Of course, networks defend their sound bites by protesting how hard it is to condense...
...That has made almost everything more expensive for an American in Europe. In Rome, for example, a double room for three nights at the King Hotel near the Spanish Steps that cost $246 last year now goes for $333. A taxi ride from a hotel on London's Hyde Park to the West End theater district, which cost about $4.50 two years ago, now runs closer to $5.75. During the same period, dinner for two at a moderately priced restaurant in Paris has gone up from about...
Typifying the Celtics' Jekyll-Hyde performance on the road and at home was reserve center Greg Kite, who had a crowd-pleasing blocked shot against Magic Johnson and nine rebounds yesterday after totaling 30 rebounds in 16 previous playoff games...