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...read, or at least buy, 14 books connected to "the contemporary meaning of the democratic idea," from Eugene O'Neill's play "The Iceman Cometh," to The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois...
...sentiment that did the most to save the G.O.P. from what otherwise might have been a congressional loss as humiliating as Dole's trouncing by Clinton. To an extraordinary extent, both parties fought the campaigns for House seats as a referendum on national policy; former House Speaker Tip O'Neill's maxim that "all politics is local" has rarely been so widely flouted. Democrats pleaded with voters to repudiate the so-called revolution of O'Neill's successor twice removed, Newt Gingrich, whom they pictured as avid to gut all programs of government help to the poor and middle class...
...flopping trousers that gather at the ankles. Clinton's head, handsome from certain angles, took on a big-jawed Joe Palooka look if he turned slightly to the side; and then with knobby chin and brightening nose, he could seem a cross between W.C. Fields and Tip O'Neill--distinctly subcharismatic...
...NEILL (D) District...
...Neill, a die-hard Democrat, says the G.O.P. is about money, while his party is about people. He emphasizes the importance of helping every citizen reach a minimum standard of living, softening violent changes in economic cycles and working toward full employment. This is his second run against Ballenger, whom Neill blasts for his stance against wage increases, social reforms and OSHA...