Word: pelle
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...medical problems, said "the time to pass the torch to another generation is near." Heflin's decision makes it tougher for Democrats to strengthen their 54-46 Senate minority in the 1996 elections (Alabama is now largely Republican). At least three Democrats -- Sens. Sam Nunn of Georgia, Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island, and David Pryor of Arkansas -- may join the retirement list...
...downplaying reports that he said four more Senate Democrats will retire next year, leaving a threatening seven seats open toGOP challengesin 1996. In Thursday's editions of the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call, Kerrey was quoted as naming Sens. Sam Nunn of Georgia, Howell Heflin of Alabama, Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island and David Pryor of Arkansas as potential retirees. Today, Kerrey demurred: "There are additional members who have not decided whether or not they're going to run for re-election." Pell, 76, said he hadn't yet decided. Nunn, 56, has $1.3 million in a re-election...
...bill, called the "ROTC Campus Access Act," would prohibit any federal monies--including those earmarked for Stafford and Pell Grants--from being awarded to colleges that place restrictions on the creation or maintenance or ROTC programs on campus...
...said that no one from the Financial Aid Office informed her of the Administrative Board's decision. She contacted her advisor on February 7, and was told by him that she should apply for Pell grant, she added...
...Hill as disagreeable to Clinton as on Foreign Relations. For the past seven years, the panel has been a quiet congressional backwater, politely posing few problems for Clinton or his predecessor, George Bush. But control of the panel moves from the courtly, bland and ineffectual Democrat Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island to the reactionary Helms, who promises to let few Administration positions go unquestioned. Helms has always been a bomb thrower, unafraid of blowing up reputations abroad and at home. He likened Haitian leader Jean- Bertrand Aristide to Adolf Hitler. He still refers to the world's most populous country...