Word: speaker
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...remarks is his determination to replace fact with fiction when he said, "It's very disquieting to see instances of public officials providing favors, particularly financial ones." Does he know something I don't? Often times, people predicate of others activities similar in nature to activities in which the speaker or writer is a participant. Is this what underlies and rests at the root of Mr. Turk's statement that "...questions of appearance are important because you can't know if someone is returning favors because of side dealings...
Although the party retained two House seats in special elections in Texas and California last week, the Democrats have no clearly enunciated national agenda and, perhaps worse, no one to enunciate it. To a notable lack of enthusiasm, Brown nominated himself for the role. More logical choices are House Speaker Tom Foley and Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, since the Democrat-controlled Congress is where differences between the parties can be most sharply defined. But both leaders are cautious and, to their critics, the kind of nice guys who don't win pennants. Last week showed...
...declares, "The troops are starting to get restless. There have been no clear alternatives and damn little criticism. Foley and Mitchell should be out front." Yet the Democrats have been mired in troubles of their own: the convoluted agony of the pay raise, the forced resignations of Speaker Jim Wright and whip Tony Coelho, and now the sex scandal involving Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank. Nor is the climate right for combat, with the economy perking along and the President enjoying an extended honeymoon. Grouses former party chairman Bob Strauss: "This is not the time to take on George Bush head...
Malinowski, 54, trained as an economist, has been leader of the Peasant Party since 1981 and in the previous term of the parliament served as speaker of the Sejm...
Mikolaj Kozakiewicz, speaker of the Sejm, said he did not know what the effect of Kiszczak's statement would be, but it was "a proposal...looking for another solution." He added that President Wojciech Jaruzelski must still accept Kiszczak's resignation and the parliament would still have to vote for Malinowski...