Word: newt
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...there is always the $471,000 in royalties he is reported to have earned on To Renew America, the 1995 book for which he was originally offered an improbable $4.5 million advance. The New Republic points out this week that the book leans heavily on copyrighted materials developed for Newt's college course by the tax-exempt group that is at the center of his current problems...
Besieged politicians plotting against their enemies, for instance? Embattled House Speaker Newt Gingrich, whose travails took a bizarre turn two weeks ago when a transcript of his cell-phone war council with G.O.P. allies turned up in the New York Times, may be comforted to know that his was a cutting-edge victimization. John and Alice Martin, the Florida residents-cum-Democratic Party activists who taped Newt & Co.'s call, spotlighted one of America's most curious subcultures...
...NEWT IN THE HOT SEAT...
...Newt Gingrich by his own admission violated the ethics of the U.S. House of Representatives and filed false statements [NATION, Dec. 30-Jan. 6]. But who would ever disqualify someone with these flaws from being the Speaker? LARRY HEALD Mississauga, Ontario...
...regard to L'Affaire Newt, I would say, "Mr. Speaker, people who work in crass Houses shouldn't throw stones." CHARLES J. HUEBNER Harbor Springs, Michigan...