Word: rep
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Among those present at the hearing were Rep. John Businger (D-Brookline), a member of the Ligislature's Committee on Election Laws; James McDaniel, an assistant in the Civil Rights Division of the Attorney General's office; James Caragianes, chairman of the Democratic City Committee; and David E. Sullivan, coordinator of the Cambridge Committee for Voter Registration...
Most likely, no. Congress ignored Rep. Robert F. Drinan's (D.-Mass.) impeachment motion that cited the illegality of the Cambodian bombings. When matters come to a serious discussion of what has always been "the unmentionable" in political life, many politicians will back away again. Senator Howard Baker (R-Tenn.), dimpled hero of the hearings, noted recently that although as many as 70 per cent of the American people believe Nixon has deceived them in some manner on Watergate, only 20 per cent actually favor impeachment. "A paradox?" he thundered. "No! Just the genius of the American political system...
Director Edwin Sherin's stage movement is brisk and effective, but there is no wildness in it, no sense of irrational forces fiercely at play. Among the rest of the cast, only Rene Auberjonois as Edgar rises above rep company competence. In his mad scenes he finds and illuminates the heart of the darkness Shakespeare was trying to penetrate. If his fellows had his verve and imagination, this Lear might have been more than just another turn by a gifted, but perhaps overly ambitious, star...
...before the American people went to the polls--is what has been unfortunately delayed until the present: a complete investigation into the who, what, when, where, and why of the Watergate break-in(s). To be sure, there were those who did attempt a pre-election investigation--most notably Rep. Patman's Banking and Currency Committee--but for one reason or another (White House pressure has been mentioned as a possibility), these hearings never got off the ground. What we needed was an independent investigating body that would have begun immediately and automatically to examine the Watergate evidence and continue...
...Norris Avenue corner is such a group of "crazies." Though the gang is small in number, each Norris is reputed to have two or three "bodies" under his belt. "Getting a body"-shooting someone in another gang-is the surest way a younger member has of "getting a rep" and climbing in the corner hierarchy. If he survives, by age 17 he is already an elder in the gang world and can gracefully step down from active combat in order to permit those coming up to do the corner's fighting and earn, in turn, their "reps." Serving...