Word: thomases
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Republican strategists were breathing a little easier last week after state legislator Craig Thomas won a special election in Wyoming, called to fill the congressional seat vacated by Dick Cheney when he became Secretary of Defense. In two prior contests to fill House vacancies that had cropped up since George...
Since Wyoming had not elected a Democrat to Congress since 1976, a Thomas defeat would have been especially painful for the G.O.P. The high symbolic stakes made for a vituperative campaign. Thomas' supporters spread a false rumor that his Democratic opponent, State Senator John Vinich, had filed a falsified report...
Having finally won one, Republican leaders insist that the momentum from Thomas' victory will help them regain control of the House in 1990. But the % Democrats' 260-to-175 advantage among incumbents seeking re-election, more than 90% of whom can count on winning, seems to make that a hollow...
THOMAS HART BENTON: AN AMERICAN ORIGINAL, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City. He said he wished his work could be exhibited in saloons, but the colorful, cantankerous Benton (1889-1975) is being honored in his centennial year not only with a biography and a PBS special but also with...
Buck up, Mrs. Campbell, it could be worse. There are 1,500 financial newsletters being published at the moment, and many of them are on display at the money show: the Astute Investor, the Busy Investor, the Patient Investor, the Contrary Investor, the Cheap Investor and so on. Most of...