Word: vermonter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Gentleman" Jim Jeffords, those fleeting 15 minutes of fame had finally arrived. A part-time Civil War buff who just happens to be about the most liberal Republican in the U.S. Senate, Jeffords sat at his peaceful mountaintop farmhouse near Burlington, Vermont, last week taking half- desperate telephone calls from the likes of Vice President Al Gore, Education Secretary Dick Riley, Labor chief Robert Reich and Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala. All were calling to persuade Jeffords to vote for Bill Clinton's embattled economic stimulus package when it comes up for a vote this week. The White...
...White Houses loved to hate. But last week old sins were forgiven. Senate minority leader Robert Dole, sensing he had Clinton cornered for the first time, hurriedly flew to Burlington Wednesday to attend one of Jeffords' quiet, $20- a-head, appetizer-and-Chablis fund raisers that are typical of Vermont's small-town politics. What wasn't typical was that more than a dozen reporters and seven television crews attended too, in the hope of seeing Dole close the deal...
...Saturday, Harvard went to work on Vermont, an unranked but dangerous team, and almost immediately fell behind...
...Harvard women's lacrosse team extended its winning streak to six games this weekend with wins over Vermont and Rutgers at Ohiri Field. The Crimson, who now stand 9-2 overall (2-1 Ivy), remained unbeaten at home, beating Vermont 11-5 and Rutgers...
Women's Lacrosse vs. Vermont...