Word: pete
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Mexico Republican Pete Domenici, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, addressed the financial executives in New Orleans last week just a few hours before Reagan spoke. Domenici recommended substantial new taxes as well as trims in the military budget. "I do not believe that a collision between Congress and the Administration is inevitable," he said hopefully and added: "I know that such a collision would be destructive." Perhaps the breadth and depth of displeasure within his own party, especially as Congress reconvenes next week, will make Reagan rethink his unbudging budgetary plans. If he does not, the result could...
...fired and the retired, up to $140,000 for veterans of twelve years or more. But if cash was all that the players gained, the embarrassing likelihood is that this deal could have been struck weeks ago. In the delicate final week of negotiations, the catalyst-"escape valve," Commissioner Pete Rozelle called him-was Paul Martha, 40, a former Pittsburgh Steeler now a Pittsburgh attorney. Martha is a friend of Steeler President Dan Rooney, who had a large voice in management's negotiations and a much softer voice than Chief Negotiator Jack Donlan's. Martha also...
...race to succeed retiring Republican Senator S.I. Hayakawa: the personality and programs of Governor Jerry Brown. After eight fractious years in Sacramento and enough spacey ideas to earn him the nickname "Governor Moonbeam," Brown last June started out in the polls 22 points behind his Republican opponent, Mayor Pete Wilson of San Diego...
...Governor tried to pick up votes by highlighting his position on the state's nuclear-freeze initiative, but alienated many voters with a heavyhanded TV spot. After a small boy said he wanted "to go on living," a mushroom cloud filled the screen and an announcer intoned: "Pete Wilson opposes the nuclear-arms freeze. Jerry Brown supports it. Vote for your life. Elect Jerry Brown to the U.S. Senate...
...victory, its affiliate stations in Los Angeles and San Francisco were using exit polls of their own to call the race for Bradley instead. In the Senate contest, several affiliates used local exit polls to forecast a victory for Democrat Jerry Brown, who actually lost to Republican Pete Wilson...