Word: michell
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...minority leadership of the House now moves to Gingrich, who had announced his intention to oppose Michel for the party leadership in the next Republican conference and might well have won. Tired of Gingrich's machinations and no doubt weary after four decades of thankless but exemplary service as minority leader, Michel called it quits. What Gingrich may do with his power makes me cringe, considering his past...
...seek attention was never why Bob Michel went to Congress. For 38 years, he did his job, made laws, and was a living argument against term limits. He was not the smartest member of Congress. He was not a dazzling speaker. He was always uncomfortable with the demands of being a public figure in the multimedia age. But he served with honor in an institution increasingly populated by dishonorable men and women...
There are few people like Bob Michel in Congress anymore. Few people who think the best way to win reelection is to make good laws instead of tailoring one's voting record to the home constituency. Few people who see a congressional career in terms of public service, not politics. Few people who refuse to sling dirt for political gain...
...Michel's career, by contrast, demonstrates that politics can be a noble and honorable profession, even in this profoundly antigovernment age. All of us owe him gratitude for his distinguished service--though most of us probably don't realize our debt. In coming years, unfortunately, Americans who had never heard of Bob Michel may begin to realize what they've lost...
...ruthless gunmen who oppose the return of exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, which is scheduled for Oct. 30. As 26 Americans and five Canadians, the first of 1,600 U.N. troops and police, arrived in the capital, Haitian hard-liners, led by the police chief, Lieut. Colonel Joseph Michel Francois, have launched a campaign to sabotage the international effort. More than 100 Aristide supporters have been killed by thugs since July 3. Said one Haitian: "Those blue berets look like powder puffs...