Word: keenings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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QUOTE OF NOTE: "The people of my district have good judgement and keen common sense, and they see my voting for the past five years. If I disagree with the President, I vote accordingly...
Pickering, who spent four years as a legislative aide to now-majority leader Trent Lott, makes no bones about his ties to Mississippians in power--including Lott, G.O.P. chair Haley Barbour and Senator Thad Cochran. But Pickering is also keen to make his mark as his own man. Though not afraid to stake out a position on issues--he is pro-life, anti-gun control, supports a balanced-budget amendment, Dole's tax cut, welfare reform and the military's ban on homosexuals--he considers the TIME/CQ questionnaire too hypothetical to answer...
Mubarak: Strained. For one main reason: we are reflecting public opinion. The people are furious. Some elements in this country say, "Cut diplomatic relations." I am very keen for the process to move forward, not to freeze diplomatic relations...
...President Clinton has been very keen to increase Pell Grants and provide assistance for work study," Hicks said. "After the year we've had, we're very happy...
Clinton's missteps don't much bother her--she doesn't care about Whitewater or his affairs, doesn't know who Dick Morris is--but the President's manner does. "I hate that Clinton said he didn't inhale." She likes Hillary Clinton and isn't keen on Newt Gingrich. "His name alone irritates me. I know that a newt is a lizard. We had them growing up. If you touch their tails, they break off as a defense mechanism, but then they grow back." Not that she's thrilled by her Congressman, Richard Gephardt, who would replace Gingrich...