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...bunch of darn fools." "Yeah," she replied. "You could do that." After winning his suburban Dallas district in an upset, he proved her right by spending his debut months in Washington dramatizing his frugality by camping on a cot in the House gymnasium. Evicted by then Speaker Tip O'Neill, he reluctantly retreated to a sofa in his office and later to a house in Maryland...
Once in Congress, Gingrich excelled at turning ordinary exchanges into blood feuds. When he tore into Democrats who had sent a letter to Nicaraguan leader Daniel Ortega, Speaker Tip O'Neill described Gingrich's remarks as "the lowest thing that I've ever seen in my 32 years in Congress." Gingrich gained his reputation as a giant killer in 1987, when he brought the ethics charges against Speaker Jim Wright that led to Wright's resignation two years later. That positioned Gingrich for his successful 1989 run for minority whip, despite the fact that the House Republican leadership supported...
Hricko, who has played fifth singles for most of the fall, advanced to the third round before losing to the top seed, Erica O'Neill of Syracuse...
...Wilson, the two-time Pulitzer prizewinner whose cycle of plays depicting black life in the U.S. during each of the decades of the 20th century (including Fences, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom and The Piano Lesson) often stings with the power of a Tennessee Williams or a Eugene O'Neill. Though Wilson, unlike composer Davis, sticks to black subject matter, he too seeks to transcend racial limits in his themes. Referring to the late black painter-collagist Romare Bearden, Wilson says, "Bearden has said -- someone asked him about it -- 'I try to explore in terms of the life I know...
...move forward with the newly launched campaign, and the implementation of our plans, it will be important to have a chief point of contact to help organize and expedite the increased level of activity," the statement says. "I have every confidence that Jackie O'Neill will excel in this important role...