Word: speaker
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...principal fired. Even Republicans like Representative Fred Upton, a moderate Michigander, called for Clinton's resignation after being asked over and over by voters what he could do about it. When Newt Gingrich heard about his colleague's announcement on returning from several weeks out of town, even the Speaker could hardly believe it. "Wow, things have really changed," he told a friend...
NEWT GINGRICH History affords the devalued Speaker a chance to play statesman, restore stature...
...debatable whether such a virulent speaker ought to have been allowed to gather thousands of impressionable youths in the middle of the city, especially given the lean on public resources entailed. Once the event was given the go-ahead, Giuliani ought to have worked more closely with the community to insure a safe rally with as little additional racial antagonism as possible; Muhammad himself supplied enough of that...
Voters in this traditionally liberal district are not only choosing a Congressional representative; they are granting membership to a select club that includes both John F. Kennedy '40 and former Speaker of the House Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill. Of the 10 Democrats in this tight race, George Bachrach most deserves a chance to join that club...
...political people...had best watch themselves because of the old 'glass house' story. Be very careful." In the online magazine Salon, a Clinton corner in cyberspace, an unidentified "close ally of the President" said White House hard liners wanted to go after the personal past of House Speaker Newt Gingrich, majority leader Dick Armey and Indiana Representative Dan Burton, the unblushing Clinton hater who not long ago called the President a "scumbag," and also chairs the House committee that has been investigating the Democratic campaign-finance scandals...