Word: rep
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...State Rep. Robert A. Vigneau (D-Burlington) argued Wednesday that because of the growing debate over rent control, a full study is necessary before acting on the present...
...Rep. Benjamin A. Gilman is a young, popular freshman congressman from New York's half rural, half suburban, and very conservative 26th district. Lying on the northern fringes of New York City, the district is composed of fugitives from the city's turmoil and those who fear it from a distance. Together they have established a conservative bastion to prevent its spread north. In 1970 the district elected a leftwing Democrat, John G. Dow '27, only because his Republican opponent was indicted for income tax evasion towards the end of the campaign. But in 1972, Gilman took advantage of Nixon...
...completely banned smoking in theaters, concert halls, art galleries, museums, libraries and buses. These state laws, along with similar ones passed by country and city governments, are necessary public health measures. Unfortunately, Massachusetts has enacted no legislation protecting the rights of non-smokers, despite the efforts of freshman Rep. Lois Pines (D-Newton...
...around the state in an effort to secure their endorsement of the suit. Nationally, prominent people in many fields, who may or may not agree with the SWP's political views, have seen fit to endorse the suit as well. These sponsors include: Eric Bentley, the Berrigans, Noam Chomsky, Rep. Ron Dellums (D-Calif.), Daniel Ellsberg, Jules Feiffer (who has also designed a PRDF button), Erich Fromm, Ruth Gage-Colby, Dick Gregory, Eugene McCarthy, Arthur Miller, Norman Mailer (though not Maxwell Taylor), Gloria Steinem, I.F. Stone, George Wald, George Novack and many others...
...that the U.S. would fare better if he left. A staunch 42% called themselves conservatives, and only 24% labeled themselves liberals. Despite that, out of a field of 13 leading national politicians (not including Nixon), Senator Edward Kennedy finished first (with 37%) as the man who Americans consider best rep resents their point of view...