Word: marilyn
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...capital as a religious center. Yet Washington may boast more Christian prayer groups per square block than any other town outside the Bible Belt. What makes D.C.'s prayer groups special is not only their growing numbers but also the prominent political figures -- Georgia's Senator Sam Nunn, Marilyn Quayle, Susan (Mrs. James) Baker -- who are among the active members. Observes Oregon's Senator Mark Hatfield, a veteran of the movement: "People are always surprised to learn that there are spiritual people here in the Sodom and Gomorrah of politics...
...congressional wives. C.B.S. attracts scores of political spouses to its Tuesday class. Susan Baker says the regular meeting for Cabinet wives will regroup as soon as the Bush Administration is in place. Baker also is host to a women's meeting in her home, which is attended by Marilyn Quayle, among others. Joanne (Mrs. Jack) Kemp leads a similar weekly get-together...
...model student, Marilyn was "always real popular," according to classmate Kathy Hyde Parker, "but never with the bad kids." Her self-styled feminism was awakened early: she wanted to play basketball in high school but balked at the half-court games girls then had to play. At Purdue she ran for freshman-class treasurer and formed the Pep Girls, a pom-pom cheerleader squad that she directed with no nonsense. "At our meetings we didn't horse around," says former Pep Girl Barbara Little...
...Marilyn met Quayle at Indiana University law school and married him ten weeks later. They sat together in the front row in tax lectures; it was Marilyn who spoke up frequently and sought out the professor after class. She was due to deliver her first child on the day of the bar exam, and had labor induced early so she could take the test. The young couple hung out a law shingle together above the family newspaper office in Huntington, but Marilyn ran the practice. A Huntington friend, Sandy Cook, says Marilyn was the first "superwoman" in her set, expertly...
When George Bush speaks about a better America, his inspiration is usually standing nearby. -- After serving as her husband' s self- styled "senior adviser," Marilyn Quayle is looking for a "substantive" role as Second Lady...