Word: moynihans
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...What is the point of looking at slides of the U.S. Capitol when you can walk out the front door and see it?" asked Daniel Moynihan. At one hearing, the Senator from New York drolly asked Hite if the number of people going down in the Pit equaled the number of people coming up. Some joked that the Pit should be turned into a swimming pool or a national aquarium to take advantage of the leaky roof. Virtually ignored by tourists, the Pit closed after two years...
...read the first section of the newspaper and try to guess who'll win the elections. The Kennedy race doesn't merit an inch of newsprint; Dukakis over Sears by three percentage points; Weicker over Moflett: Moynihan by a landslide--it's pick 'em who'll do better. Kennedy of stormin' Pat--and my burn knee says Mario "the Mensch" Cuomo will down Law "my-suspenders-are-sewn-to-my-body' Lehman. In a week or two I'll put a out a line whether the Democrats can snag a Senate majority. The Greek is nodding...
...allow organized prayer in public schools. With that defeat, his much vaunted agenda of social issues, ranging from banning abortions to prohibiting busing to imposing the death penalty, crumbled for the year. "This was a final rejection of the radical right in this chamber," intoned Democrat Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York. "May we now go forward with the business of the nation, the Constitution intact and our purposes clear...
Columbia's coach likes to talk about his young players. He mentions John Witkowski, who shattered several sophomore passing records last year. Among this year's sophomores, there is Mike Moynihan (strong safety). Dan Upperco (tight end), and Kirk Adams (middle linebacker), all of whom start tomorrow in their first varsity game...
...Government's ability to serve as a balance wheel for the nation's economy would be crippled by the amendment. "We've been struggling to control the business cycle for 150 years, and we're finally getting better at it," says Senator Daniel Moynihan of New York. "In the 15 years ending in 1975, our per capita gross national product after inflation doubled. We were able to do it because we had the flexibility to iron out the inevitable wrinkles in the business cycle. The amendment would destroy that ability and subject us again...