Word: vernon
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...Baker and Hamilton were left to choose their own panelists, and the commission went to work, gathering evidence, making a trip to Baghdad and hearing from more than 100 experts. Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor developed a reputation for asking the best questions. Democratic power broker Vernon Jordan emerged as the group's political sage. Former Bill Clinton Defense chief William Perry cornered the military options--and would be a holdout on the final deal. In October, as the number of casualties in Iraq exploded, public support for Bush dropped through the floor. When Democrats swept...
SECONDARY RIGHTS Today, even high school facilities get branded. When Vernon Hills High near Chicago needed a new stadium, a local paintmaker donated $100,000. Teams now play at the gratefully named Rust-Oleum Field...
Thirty-five of the 36 confirmed attendees at the biennial conference—which brings together newly elected Congressional members to learn about effective lawmaking and leadership—are Democrats. The lone Republican planning to attend is Vernon “Vern” Buchanan of Florida, who picked up Katherine Harris’ vacated House seat, according to the Institute of Politics (IOP) list of participants...
Clocking in at a little over 400 pages, Langguth begins his latest book with George Washington’s return to Mount Vernon in 1783. Washington was actually coaxed into attending the Constitutional Convention by James Madison...
...Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi during the 1960s, when the Klan instigated a campaign of anti-Semitic and antiblack intimidation and violence; in a prison near Jackson, Miss., where he was serving a life sentence for the 1966 bombing of the home of civil rights leader Vernon Dahmer. Each of Bowers' first four trials for the Dahmer murder ended in a mistrial. He was finally convicted in 1998, but Ellie Dahmer, the victim's widow, was unappeased. "He lived a lot longer than Vernon Dahmer did," she said...