Word: sams
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...comparison, nor the tortured soul martyred on the altar of true art. Mapplethorpe's ambitions were simpler and, frankly, more selfish than that. He wanted to be a star, and that's what he got, at least for a while. In the words of his former lover and patron Sam Wagstaff, Mapplethorpe was finally "the belle of the ball...
There have been three great Speakers in American history: Thomas Brackett Reed (1839-1902), Joseph Cannon (1836-1926) and Sam Rayburn (1882-1961). For almost two decades, Rayburn held power in Washington. Presidents came and went: Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy. But whoever was President, Sam Rayburn was Speaker. His power over one branch of government was so immense that it spilled over into the other branches...
Lyndon Johnson once said, "If you want to be President, you've got to do it through Sam Rayburn." No one got onto any committee in the House unless Rayburn wanted him on that committee. He had a fearsome temper. He was a broad, massive man with a very hard face, and when he was in a bad mood he would come down the hall and Congressmen would be afraid to even talk to him because they were afraid of saying the wrong thing. He was like a stone coming through a wave. People would part before...
...CERTAINLY HAS BEEN THE MOST INFLUential Speaker of the House in the past century, since Joseph Cannon. Sam Rayburn was respected and influential, but he was not an active formulator of agendas. He was very influential in lining up votes and he was consulted by the President, but he did not say, "I have a vision; I want the government to be this and do that." It is very rare to have a Speaker of the House who has a vision of any kind, because they usually don't get chosen for that role...
...Reported by Sam Allis/Boston and Jane Van Tassel/New York