Word: salmons
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...late anyway. But as the day progressed, 12 previously wavering Republicans agreed to support Gingrich, bringing the number of those who oppose him down to about 15. Although heavy lobbying by the Republican leadership clearly paid off, some representatives remained dead set on not supporting the Speaker. Rep. Matt Salmon acknowledged Friday that he's changed sides, saying: "At the very least, it may be prudent for the Speaker to step aside at least temporarily, until these issues are resolved...
...lower end of the price spectrum will be sandwiches like grilled marinated vegetables and fruit-wood smoked salmon...
...country's funerals. Wooing the owners often involves a good deal of soft salesmanship--chats over coffee and impromptu visits to talk about "succession planning," the industry's euphemism for transferring ownership. Loewen then flies prospects up to Vancouver, where Ray Loewen dazzles them with evening cruises and salmon barbecues. Says a former executive: "Going salmon fishing south of Alaska is a wonderful experience. And all other things being the same, it makes a difference...
...Young Turks of the Republican Revolution, Salmon, in his first term, sponsored bills to pay the legal expenses of the seven travel-office employees fired by the White House in 1993, to give the families of murder victims the option of attending the murderer's execution and to prohibit executive-branch employees from accepting gifts...
Coopersmith is a temperate liberal--he's pro-environment, wants a bigger budget for Superfund hazardous-waste cleanups and improved habitat for Pacific salmon; and he's strongly pro-choice. But he favors the death penalty and supported a labor-union decertification, which has made it harder for him to win union support...