Word: michel
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...Laquer's] work is very interesting and certainly on the cutting edge of the field," said Sonya Michel, a lecturer on history and literature and a member of the committee which organized the week...
...hope that the whole week will provide an impetus for women's history at Harvard," said Michel...
...enthusiasm and applause, although they seemed hearty on television, were in fact strained. Younger conservative House members came to the chamber determined to whoop it up for a beleaguered President -- the more so because some had been warned by Republican Leader Robert Michel, who had seen an advance copy of the address, that "it ain't going to be much of a speech." The Young Turks leaped to their feet clapping and shouting at the most routine lines, pretty much forcing senior Republicans to join...
Important affairs of state, however, do not always get the same concentration. At a meeting in December, House Republican Leader Robert Michel pressed the President to support a plan to insure the elderly and disabled against the costs of catastrophic illness. Reagan responded by saying that he liked the idea of such a plan for "those over 65," then drifted into...
...Senate can afford to reject the raises, since the increases cannot be stopped unless the House also votes to block them. The House will do nothing of the sort. Speaker Jim Wright's strategy of passive nonresistance has bipartisan support. Says Republican Leader Robert Michel: "There is no law requiring a vote." The relevant House committees have not even called for hearings on the raises...