Word: toweringly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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WASHINGTON--John Tower, his nomination as defense secretary in grave trouble, made an extraordinary public admission of marital infidelity yesterday but vowed to keep fighting for Senate confirmation. His prospects dimmed further, however, by the Senate majority leader's opposition...
...Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell further dampened Tower's chances by declaring his opposition, even as Vice President Dan Quayle conceded the administration still lacks the votes needed for Senate approval...
...with Tower sitting on his left in the Cabinet Room, the president said he had not heard anyone "challenge this man's knowledge and his ability...
...best to do the job that needs to be done," Bush said. "I don't believe that anybody should be pilloried on the basis of unfounded rumor. I've known John Tower a long time, longer than many that are criticizing him out there in various walks of life...
Bush said he thought that Americans had "an innate sense of fair play" about such matters and said he did not think that Tower should be judged on the basis of perceptions about his character...