Word: politicians
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...recount has spurned one, and maybe another Cambridge politician, to move into this November's council race, when all nine seats will be up for grabs...
...politician promises to cut back taxes or cut back the budget. Sure, you say. But a mayor who promises to cut back neckties, him you had better take seriously. El Paso Mayor Jonathan Rogers, 57, means it. From Memorial Day to Labor Day, he has banned the wearing of coats and ties because of the city's frequent 100 degrees days. Moreover, he intones, "the mayor or any member of the council may enforce this proclamation by cutting off any and all ties, worn at any and all occasions." Quick to the cut himself, Rogers has personally slashed some...
Former Diplomat, Politician and Journalist Arne Treholt, 42, was grinning last week as he entered Room 23 of the Oslo courthouse. But by the time Judge Astri Rynning finished speaking, the smile had vanished. After a 17-week trial, a panel of judges found Treholt guilty of spying for the Soviet Union and Iraq. Among the vital secrets he is believed to have passed along in ten years as an undercover agent for the KGB: details of NATO strategy and military contingency plans, alliance intelligence documents on troubled areas and Norwegian government confidential memos on meetings with world leaders. "Treholt...
...conventional wisdom holds that LaRosa will finish first, Richard P. Branson second, and David A. Wylie will end up third," said one local politician...
...cheese. Gumbel, who hosted NBC's professional football coverage before replacing Tom Brokaw on Today in 1982, has rapidly grown into an incisive interviewer adept at cutting through mushy answers. During an interview with Louisiana's slick Governor Edwin Edwards last month, for example, Gumbel kept sweeping away the politician's charming patter to discuss the impact of Edwards' recent indictment on conspiracy charges. For her part, Pauley displays a more empathetic style, laced with a self-deprecating wit, that works best when she is discussing topics of high emotion. Together, "Gumpaul" (as the pair is called in-house) projects...