Word: whips
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Beijing. An hour later, behind the Great Hall of the People, helmeted soldiers began lashing out at students, bystanders and other citizens who, as if summoned by some irresistible call to the barricades, rushed to the district by the thousands. Soldiers stripped off their belts and used them to whip people; others beat anyone in their path with truncheons, bloodying heads as they tried to pry an opening through the mob. For 5 1/2 hours the students held fast. Then the army inexplicably vanished. Within an hour, off Qianmen West Road on the southern end of the square...
...atmosphere in Congress had truly turned poisonous in the week since Wright's position crumbled and majority whip Tony Coelho resigned rather than face similar investigations into his advantageous insider acquisition of a $100,000 junk bond. Republican Newt Gingrich of Georgia, who first leveled the charges against Wright, crowed over his victory and declared that at least ten other Democrats were guilty of similar violations...
Wrapped up in the furor surrounding the nomination of former Texas Senator John Tower as Secretary of Defense and the recent allegations of ethics violations involving House Speaker Jim Wright (D-Tx.) and Majority Whip Tony Coelho (D-Ca.), Congress itself is only now beginning to address the drug crisis...
Even the House pit bull, minority whip Newt Gingrich, speaks well of him: "He's easier to work with than Wright by a factor of 100. Unlike Wright, he keeps his word." If anything, Foley has a reputation among some House Democrats for being too conciliatory, bringing the Republicans into decisions too often. Even colleagues who admire him feel that Foley can be excessively cautious and prone to weigh every option...
...Foley moved onto the first rung of the leadership ladder when he was elected chairman of the Democratic caucus. In one of those "accidents" of his career, he was chosen as House whip soon after, when Tip O'Neill's first two choices were not available. As whip, Foley added to his formidable reputation as a coalition builder, which helped him win the majority leader post when Wright climbed to the Speaker's chair...