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...things in this world stir Texans more than a brawl, whether between high school football teams, gamecocks, refinery workers or Democrats. Texas Democrats have more warring factions-from Big Oil to Boll Weevil to Prairie Populist-than just about any other political party west of Italy's Christian Democrats. Lone Star politicians relish their infighting so much that when State Representative Ben ("Jumbo") Atwell was asked a few years back if he was thinking of leaving the legislature, he responded, "What? And give up show...
Hudson Maxim, who suggested that for pest control, boll weevil males might be lured into traps with the scent of females of the species. Years were to pass before sex-lure pheromones were taken seriously by entomologists...
...free-spending race for his seat. Former Ambassador to Britain Anne Arm strong, White House Chief of Staff James Baker and former Governor William Clements, three obvious potential candidates, have said they will not run. The leading contender for the G.O.P. nomination is Congressman Phil Gramm, a boll weevil Democrat turned Republican who has all but made the formal announcement...
BRYAN, TEXAS--Rep. Phil Gramm, a "Boll Weevil" Democrat whose party ousted him from the House Budget Committee, resigned his seat yesterday and said he would try to win it back in a special election as a Republican...
...that the Democrats score expected victories in two Georgia seats that, because of late redistricting, will not be filled until special elections on Nov. 30, the House will consist of 269 Democrats and 166 Republicans. The margin is less overpowering than it looks. It includes at least 39 "Boll Weevils"-conservative Democratic supporters of President Ronald Reagan's policies-who were reelected, and four to six more Southern Democrats who might turn Boll Weevil once they get to Washington. No matter: even given their maximum possible strength, the combination of Republicans and Boll Weevils will no longer control...