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...opposition to a memorial, is the secretive way in which this issue was handled. Alex Huppe's contention that there was an effort to have this issue "widely discussed last spring" flies in the face of common sense. Why were no minority organizations called? Why wasn't the Texan Club consulted? Why did the request for commments in the Harvard Gazette appear in June and specifically mention a summer response time? Why was, and why is, the committee's report secret and confidential? If discussion was so obviously needed, why didn't University officials pull the issue from the Board...
Donald W. Young '96-'97, chair of Harvard's Texan Club, said, "I think it's a complete travesty that there's nothing for the Confederate soldiers who lost their lives." But Reginald J. "Reg" Brown, a third-year student at the Law School and member of the HBLSA who opposes the proposal, said there are two different debates, one about the substance of the proposal and one about the process...
...kicked off an 11th-hour meeting last Monday night with Clinton by refusing to let McCurry attend the parley unless the Speaker's own press secretary could be present. Tempers quickly flared inside the Cabinet Room. When Clinton pointed a finger at House majority leader Dick Armey, the Texan complained, "Perhaps it's my Western upbringing, but I don't listen very well when someone's pointing a finger in my face." The President retorted with his own lesson in etiquette. Dredging up Armey's attack on Hillary Clinton during last year's health-care debate, he said, "I never...
Gramm is often compared to the late John Connally, another brash Texan with a gift for gab. Yet that comparison ill serves Connally's reputation. Connally was the lousiest of candidates (his $12 million run for the 1980 G.O.P. nod netted him only one delegate) but nobody ever described him as too small for the presidency, which is exactly how many who know Gramm speak...
...what if Gramm confounds the pols and pundits and captures the nomination? "Well," chuckles Dole, reflecting a view of Gramm shared by many of the Texan's Senate colleagues, "I wouldn't go out and commit suicide. But if I wanted to, I'd probably have to join a long line...