Word: pete
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...again Stockman's mastery of his job compensated for the controversy he caused, and the announcement of his departure was the cue for a bipartisan chorus of praise. "He was the only one who really knew the numbers," said Congressman Tony Coelho, a California Democrat. New Mexico Republican Pete Domenici, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, called him "the most effective OMB Director we've ever had."[*] Even the Washington Post's editorialists, often critical of Stockman's cuts, commended him "for a kind of intellectual and moral integrity that is rarely found in national public life." Stockman was bemused...
...undercutting them on the Social Security freeze. New Mexico's Domenici, who was not invited to the Oak Tree reception even though he chairs the Senate Budget Committee, called it "a terrible blow." Said another Senate source: "It was the Oak Tree meeting where they sawed off the limb Pete Domenici was on." Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole said the arrangement amounted to "surrendering to the deficit." Growled Iowa's Charles Grassley, one of 22 Republican Senators up for re-election next year: "The President, if he can't support us, ought to keep his mouth shut...
...President mended last week, the battered congressional budget process threatened to tear apart. Rancorous negotiations between congressional leaders to resolve differences in the House and Senate budget resolutions collapsed. "I assume that means no budget," huffed House Budget Committee Chairman William Gray, a Pennsylvania Democrat. His Senate counterpart, Republican Pete Domenici of New Mexico, was equally gloomy: "Everywhere I turn I see no way to go." Senate Republicans were still smarting from what they regard as an act of betrayal by the White House. They had voted in May to eliminate the cost of living adjustment on Social Security...
...strategy. The teams split all the league's gate receipts and television income. That discourages clubs from trying to outbid one another for players because any added revenues that a new star generated would have to be shared. "The N.F.L. is the nation's healthiest sporting enterprise," brags Commissioner Pete Rozelle. Its profits amounted to $77 million last year...
Because Farmington had not advanced beyond the first round in recent memory, if ever, coach Pete Veleas gave Haviland the start in the playoff opener, and his senior sensation did not disappoint, striking out 15 through five innings before being lifted to pitch again in the next round...