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...vote Moffett is the possibility his election will give Democrats control of the Senator. They need a net gain of five seats to be able to appoint and chair committees now run by Republicans. A Moffett victory could mean a judiciary Committee headed by Ted Kennedy instead of Strom Thurmond, and a more visible senator in a Democratic party that sorely needs new leaders...
...COURSE, the work, like any of its genre, offers bits of information and anecdotes throughout--like the key role Storm Thurmond played in trying to deny Lennon a green card. Or the organizational chaos that plagued the ill-fated Toronto Peace Festival, and what went on behind the scenes during Beatles recording sessions...
...recorded in my diary: "We sent all the Senators a telegram urging them not to speak out against the treaty until they know the details of the agreement. Apparently it worked with most of them except for a few nuts like Strom Thurmond and Jesse Helms...
...masthead will list a five-member advisory board which includes U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) and National Review Senior Editor Richard Brookhiser...
...favorable Senate vote had been forged mainly by Utah's conservative Republican Orrin Hatch, Majority Leader Howard Baker and South Carolina Republican Strom Thurmond. But an unexpected last-minute hitch developed when Colorado Republican William Armstrong proposed a requirement that the legal ceiling on the national debt could be lifted only by a three-fifths majority in each chamber of Congress. The requirement was tacked on to the amendment, thanks to the mischievous support of many Democrats. They viewed the Armstrong addition as yet another clearly frivolous requirement that should not be embedded in the Constitution. But they found...