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Democrats got their own back in Virginia, where they won a sweep of the races for Governor, Lieutenant Governor and attorney general. Governor-elect Gerald Baliles, a lackluster former attorney general, is a protégé of popular current Democratic Governor Chuck Robb, who was barred by law from another term. Some suggested that Baliles was simply a stand-in for Robb, Lyndon Johnson's son-in-law and a founder of the conservative Democratic Leadership Council...
...water systems became fouled, and interstate highway bridges were closed. Property damage in the Virginias alone is expected to exceed half a billion dollars. "You could see the loss in people's eyes and hear it in people's voices," said a West Virginia ambulance worker. Governors Charles S. Robb of Virginia and Arch Moore of West Virginia called out their National Guards to discourage looting and to aid in rescue and cleanup efforts. President Reagan later declared that large portions of two states, West Virginia and Virginia, were disaster areas. CALIFORNIA The Illegal Millionaire...
...presidential commission chaired by former Senator Chuck Robb and retired Judge Laurence Silberman was blunt in assigning blame for the flawed conclusion that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction (WMD), one of the major reasons Bush gave for invading Iraq...
...Negroponte is to rein in the conflicting interests of such a far-flung bureaucracy, he will need firm backing from President Bush. Otherwise, bureaucratic rivalries, exacerbated by overlapping duties and jurisdictions, could perpetuate the mess that Senator Robb and judge Silberman say must be cleaned...
...former teacher and current colleague, Arnheim Lecturer on Filmmaking Robb Moss, glowingly describes her as one who can “bring together her abilities as an image-maker with her interest in the social world†in a way that is “nuanced, complex, and emotive.†Yet she is refreshingly down-to-earth, and, as one of her VES 150 students puts it, “practical, taking into consideration our situation as undergrads...