Word: o
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...HARLEY O. STAGGERS...
...Harvard University in 1927 that I first decided to go into politics," says Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill Jr., the nation's Speaker of the House for the last decade, in his memoirs to be published in the fall. Watching the University's 276th Commencement day exercises--with graduating seniors replete in white suits, drenching each other in bootleg champagne--the teenager made his career choice...
...watched those privileged, competent Ivy League Yankees who had everything in life," O'Neill vowed to "work to make sure my own people could go to places like Harvard...
...O'Neill's experience on that summer day 60 years ago laid the foundations for his political career, which has raised both him and his community to prominence. Most recently, the staunchly liberal Democrat has won praise and admiration for leading the opposition to the Reagan domestic policy revolution of tax and social program cuts...
...despite his long years of service to the district and his national prominence, Harvard never bestowed an honorary degree on O'Neill, something which has wounded him deeply, according to friends. This prompted public figures, including Cambridge and Boston politicians, to pressure Harvard to award him an honorary...