Word: nunn
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...modern Napoleon," devoid of conscience and simpleminded. By embroiling itself more deeply in the turbulent situation in Lebanon, the U.S. risks becoming a combatant rather than a peacemaker in the endless strife there. "Our forces in Lebanon are now not a deterrent, they are hostages," said Democratic Senator Sam Nunn of Georgia...
Cohen was able to enlist Democrat Sam Nunn of Georgia, who is respected for his knowledge of defense issues, and Republican Charles Percy of Illinois, the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. When Reagan's chief arms-control negotiator, Edward Rowny, protested to Cohen that build-down would only complicate matters in Geneva, the Senator asked: "How about no MX?" Replied Rowny: "I need the MX to get a treaty." Said Cohen: "You need build-down...
Flying to Seattle Sept. 7 for the funeral of Washington Senator Henry Jackson, Nunn and Cohen assessed the objectives of arms-control activists in both houses of Congress. Their House colleagues had been emphasizing different approaches, and the Administration had played both sides off against each other. Over the next two weeks, Nunn, Cohen and Percy joined forces with Aspin (who had plugged double build-down in a letter to Scowcroft in August), Dicks and Gore in the House, forming what became known as "the Gang of Six." The group agreed on a set of principles, including a commitment...
...later (1946-58) commanded Scotland Yard's elite Special Branch, which is responsible for security of the royal family; in London. As England's premier sleuth in the 1940s, Burt collared Traitors William Joyce ("Lord Haw-Haw") and John Amery and Atomic Spies Alan Nunn May and Klaus Fuchs. Quiet and affable, Burt had an uncanny knack for extracting incriminating information from suspects. In his memoirs, he wrote of the typical quarry: "In many cases, he is only too eager to talk. Nine times out of ten a man is the hero of his own stories...
...Jackson," said Sam Nunn, his Democratic colleague from Georgia, "truly was a giant in the Senate." He had decisively won six elections to the Senate, the latest last November, and had been the de facto leader of his party's conservative wing. Jackson felt that his onetime comrades had turned too easy on Communism, or in some cases too hard on social programs, while he remained the archetypal cold war liberal, determined that the U.S. spend generously on guns and butter. "I don't worry about ideologies," he said. "I've been called a Communist, a socialist...