Word: spotted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...relief effort until you reach the spot here has been very good," said Sverre Kilde, a Norwegian U.N. officer. "But here on the spot there is no control...
Many Washington insiders have been wondering why the former Republican Senator was in line for the spot in the first place. Tower, whose slicked-back hair and double-breasted pinstripe suits sometimes give him the look of a Mafia capo, had several strikes against him. Having been Senate Armed Services Committee chairman during the first four years of the Reagan buildup, he seemed ill-equipped to oversee the Bush slowdown. On the Hill, Tower had a reputation as a man who couldn't say no to a weapons system. He was regarded by his own backers as autocratic and impatient...
...very divisive one, as Kennedy and Atkins tried to woo the other members of the state's delegation in an extensive campaign. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54-56 (D-Mass.) publicly predicted that his nephew would win the seat, but there were also delegates who believed that the spot should go to Atkins because of his seniority. The resulting confusion among the Bay State representatives nearly cost Massachusetts a spot on the committee. Rep. Bruce Morrison (D-Conn.) entered the fray, hoping to sneak into the spot by taking advantage of the split vote...
...second time in his two terms that Kennedy has lost out in a battle for a committee seat. In 1986, he tried for a spot on the Energy and Commerce Committee, but was turned down, despite his experiences with Citizens Energy, a non-profit corporation that supplies less expensive oil to the people of Massachusetts...
THOSE successes may have gone to Kennedy's head. It is the congressional norm for representatives with the most seniority to win seats on the popular committees, and Kennedy was completely out of line to try for a spot which the more senior Atkins properly deserved. The fact that Joe jeopardized his state's seat on one of the most powerful panels in Washington for the sake of his own political aggrandizement indicates that he suffers from the worst kind of Kennedyitis--a swelling of the ego which hurts constituents...