Word: neill
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Epee fencers Jim O'Neill and Thor Wilbanks were the only swordsmen to reach the finals in individuals, with O'Neill eventually finishing sixth and Wilbanks eighth. Meanwhile, Ray Carthy missed making the finals in foil by one touch...
Roosevelt's political consultant Barry Kaplovitz said the candidate's family fame would satisfy the Eighth District voters' "appetite for celebrity," the legacy of past representatives such as retiring Speaker of the House Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill Jr., John F. Kennedy '40, and James Michael Curley. Kaplovitz said he believes Roosevelt stirkes a balance between the glitter of a famous name and the more practical asset of substantive political skill...
Boston City Councilor Albert L. "Dapper"O'Neill, said he planned very little fundraising."Christ," he said, "if you go on TV for a minutein prime time, it'll cost you your right arm."Instead of a high-tech media campaign, he said hewould campaign for Congress as he had for citycouncil: with a Winnebago camper, a microphone,and an extension cord, which he plans to take onthe campaign trail throughout the district.CrimsonPeter H. SchwartzJAMES ROOSEVELT JR. '68 makes a point asALBERT L. "DAPPER" O'NEIL looks on at a recentdebate of Eigth Congressional Districtcandidates...
Family ties help open doors. Tommy Boggs' mother Lindy is a Congresswoman from Louisiana; his father, the late Hale Boggs, was House majority leader. Other congressional progeny who as lobbyists have traded on their names for various interests: Speaker Tip O'Neill's son Kip (sugar, beer, cruise ships); Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole's daughter Robin (Century 21 real estate); Senator Paul Laxalt's daughter Michelle (oil, Wall Street, Hollywood); and House Appropriations Committee Chairman Jamie Whitten's son Jamie Jr. (steel, barges, cork...
...freedom fighters" halfway around the globe is not the most popular issue on the Hill. In addition, many Congressmen feel that the President has been unable to muster much popular enthusiasm for his Central American policies in particular and the Reagan Doctrine in general. House Speaker Tip O'Neill called the President's Grenada visit "a Hollywood kickoff to a greater military involvement in Nicaragua." He warned, "Equipping (the contras) and sending them into battle will lead to nothing but slaughter and humiliation. The shame of that defeat will bring American troops into Nicaragua." Democratic House Majority Leader Jim Wright...