Word: pols
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...care, Dan Rostenkowski. The Ways and Means Committee chairman spent the week deciding whether to plead guilty to a felony charge or face a criminal indictment on charges that he abused the perks of office. While Rostenkowski's lawyers maneuvered for a deal, it appeared likely that the Chicago pol would have to resign either way. House Democrats began discounting the blow to the health-care plan. "We hope Danny will be all right," said Representative John Dingell of Michigan. "But the House has lots of ability to absorb impact. The system will go forward." However, sensing Democratic weakness, Republican...
Even if the old pol does lose the election, he would not step down until January. But he might still be the lamest of ducks, trying to use 36 years' worth of connections and favors to have his way one last time. Rostenkowski seems game, whatever happens. Of the health plan, he says, "I think we're going to produce a bill by September." He adds: "I'd rather go out with a bill on the floor and lose it than just bag it." Spoken like a man who knows how to return a favor...
...Washington bureau chief/special correspondent for Vanity Fair; she took capable Buffalo, New York, pol and led him to media glamour...
...Siem Reap, the city next to the ruins, and the group's guide refused to go near the place. The Mexicans were forced to content themselves with Phnom Penh -- a city whose attractions include the Tuol Sleng Museum, a high school used as a torture chamber and prison during Pol Pot's reign. Tourists who do make it to Angkor Wat are repeatedly reminded to stay on the paths; hundreds of Khmer Rouge land mines are buried around the temples. It is also advisable to give the Kalashnikov-toting militia men "guarding" the complex a dollar or two for their...
...pol's legal woes may disrupt Clinton's plans...