Word: oregon
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When jockeying over the nomination began during the winter, there had seemed little chance of arousing much G.O.P. opposition to add to the 40 Democrats expected to be against Carswell. Brooke started to woo such Republicans as Oregon's Mark Hatfield and Robert Packwood, Maryland's Charles Mathias, and Pennsylvania's Richard Schweiker. He never relented. On Feb. 25, he made a floor speech opposing Carswell's elevation. It was a turning point; it got anti-Administration machinery moving...
Laurson lost to Kim Suider of Oregon State by one point in the next round to squelch any chance Faller had of entering the consolation bracket. Snider in turn lost to Dave Martin of lowa State, the eventual winner...
...judicial talents, a 22-year-old racist speech, and other evidence of a segregationist past are considered insufficient reason to reverse the Senate tradition that a President is entitled to choose whom he wishes (see LAW). "How far can you go in not supporting the Administration?" inquired Oregon Republican Mark Hatfield. "How many times can you vote against the ABM and Haynsworth and still be in the ball game?" Though opposition to Carswell has grown in the Senate, Republican leaders and Southern Democrats still count 55 solid yes votes-a figure that no one on the other side is prone...
...South. The Senate-passed measure has been expanded to include counties where less than half the eligible voters were registered in 1968 as well. Thus, because of heavy population shifts, the bill, theoretically at least, could bring federal pressure to bear on counties in Alaska, Arizona, California, Idaho, Oregon and New York's populous boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn and The Bronx. Discrimination of the kind that used to prevail in the South is extremely rare in the North, however, and it is doubtful that the Justice Department will find many violations...
...whole earth is Earth Peoples Park. We are trying to win it back a step at a time. Already we have 400 acres in Louisiana and 350 acres in Oregon," Fred said...