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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...other senators voting to sustain the raise were Democrats Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.), Edward M. Kennedy '54-56 (D-Mass.), Spark Matsunaga (D-Hawaii), Frank Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Ted Stevens (R-Alaska...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Congress Votes Down 51 Percent Pay Raise | 2/8/1989 | See Source »

...factor working for the Democrats is the stature of its incumbent candidates. Some of the party's best-known leaders are up for re-election, including Majority Leader Robert C. Byrd (W.Va.), Edward M. Kennedy '54 (Ma.) and Daniel Patrick Moynihan (N.Y.). Other Democratic safe bets include Spark M. Matsunaga (Ha.), George Mitchell (Me.), Jim Sasser (Tenn.) and, of course, Lloyd Bentsen...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: A Day at the Races | 10/27/1988 | See Source »

HAWAII The case against Spark Matsunaga is that he is "too liberal" and "too lazy." No matter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Safe Seats | 10/24/1988 | See Source »

...Congress, too, support is growing, despite strong opposition from those who fear that a manned Mars trip would soak up funds needed for social programs, unmanned scientific space probes and military projects, among other things. Democratic Senator Spark Matsunaga of Hawaii has even written a book, The Mars Project, that strongly advocates the space journey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Onward to Mars | 7/18/1988 | See Source »

...successful test flight of a Tupolev Tu-154 passenger jet modified to burn a mixture of liquid hydrogen and natural gas. The three- engine jet, which lifted off near Moscow and flew for 21 minutes, was the first aircraft to use the fuel in takeoff. Says Senator Spark Matsunaga, a Hawaii Democrat and a leading advocate of a U.S. hydrogen-fuel research program: "It appears that the Soviets have stolen a technological march...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: Cool Fuel | 6/6/1988 | See Source »

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