Word: lamar
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...Congress hasn't offered any money to pay for the measure, even though the Congressional Budget Office estimates that it would cost more than $100 million over five years (mostly to create the databases). In a March Op-Ed piece opposing the bill, Republican Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee called it "one more of the unfunded federal mandates that we Republicans promised to stop...
...constitutional amendment permitting prayer in the classroom. The general mood of the nation may have grown more conservative in the '80s but, evidently, activists on neither the right nor the left have had much success in altering American thought on these crucial matters of our time. --By Jacob V. Lamar...
...intense zeal on the subject, he was able to discuss it with a sense of humor last week. "I would like to take the deficit with me," cracked Stockman at one of the White House meetings, "but at Salomon Brothers we finance half of it anyway." --By Jacob V. Lamar Jr. Reported by Sam Allis and Christopher Redman/Washington...
...Unfortunately homeowners must bear the cost. Many insurance companies have said that they are not liable for radon contamination, and because the substance occurs naturally, no company or agency can be sued for damages. --By Jamie Murphy. Reported by Belinda Hulin-Salkin/ Philadelphia and Jacob V. Lamar Jr./Washington
...last week, Spring Hill had emerged as GM's choice. Tennessee's pitch had been low-key but effective. Three months ago, when Smith was in Memphis to give a speech, Tennessee Governor Lamar Alexander and former Senator Howard Baker cornered him. The three men met for an hour at the stately Peabody Hotel, once a favorite gathering place for Southern plantation owners. Alexander and Baker explained that Tennessee's constitution prohibits it from giving financial incentives to companies. They also emphasized that the state has a pro-business government, no income tax on wages and salaries, and a hardworking...