Word: sams
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...WRITER: SAM HARPER...
Maybe the Democrats need some charismatic leaders in the Congress to have a truly united liberal front. Gone are the days of Sam Rayburn, Tip O'Neill, and Robert Byrd. Maybe those politicians are just too worried about being re-elected by now-defunct Reagan Democrats. As for the "I need a new term to do even more good" excuse, it basically describes campaign rhetoric for the last hundred years...
...testimony last week before the U.S. Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Cardone defended his management of Empire, which has racked up $255 million in losses since 1990. Pressed by committee chairman Sam Nunn, Cardone denounced accusations of corruption and mismanagement as "absolutely untrue." He got little support, however, from Harold Vogt, Empire's current chairman, and Donald Morchower, the chief executive. They used to work closely with Cardone, but now seemed anxious to distance themselves. Vogt and Morchower, who admitted that Empire has had management problems, have agreed to step down when replacements can be found...
Convicted of six "Son of Sam" murders...
...anymore. Such is the power of her personal geometry that Reno towers above the countless new arrivals to the city. The last time such a crop of eager young technocrats arrived to take over the capital, Sam Rayburn surveyed the bushy-tailed crowd and told Lyndon Johnson, "Well, Lyndon, they may be just as intelligent as you say. But I'd feel a helluva lot better if just one of them had ever run for sheriff...