Word: speaker
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...also threw a well-deserved barb at House Speaker Jim Wright for the manifest ethics problems which soon will engulf him and the rest of the Democratic leadership of the House. Opposition to Wright is advocated by everyone concerned about ethics--everyone, that is, except for anyone who hopes to rise within the Democratic Party...
...here to celebrate how we can succeed in changing this institution, and if we can succeed in changing this institution, we can change the world," said Mary E. Summers '70, a 1969 protestor who was the main speaker...
...Vote! Vote!!' Students [in front of University Hall] were demanding a binding vote of those present on whether the building should be taken over. SDS controlled the microphone, and they controlled the speaker, but the cries were too persistent. Finally one SDSer called for a vote. 'All those in favor of taking the building...
...main charges against Wright is that he used an unusual royalty arrangement for his book, Reflections of a Public Man, to get around limitations on campaign contributions. The book was sold primarily in bulk to such political supporters as the Teamsters Union and Washington lobbyist John White. The Speaker pocketed a 55% royalty. The Ethics Committee is expected to release next week a potentially damning report on Wright's activities...
...hard-cover copies and failed to make a profit for its publisher, the investors reaped tax benefits for their contributions. They also paid Marianne Gingrich nearly $10,000 for her efforts. Gingrich admitted last week that his book deal was "as weird as Wright's." But unlike the Speaker, said Gingrich, "we wrote a real book for a real company that was sold in real bookstores...