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...self-assured Wise, who contributed handsomely to political campaigns, enjoyed the support of such influential officeholders as Colorado's Democratic Congressman Timothy Wirth, who later graduated to the Senate. Wise served two terms on the board of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka, which regulates thrifts in the region. He even served as chairman of the regulatory policy committee for the U.S. League, the most influential S&L lobbying group. Openly, the League poured millions of dollars into political campaigns through its PAC. Says Edwin Gray, former chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board: "I don't think...
...leader Bob Dole's press secretary over a routine news release. He berated House Republican leader Bob Michel for not supporting the President with sufficient enthusiasm, moving Michel to note that "sometimes we have to remind Governor Sununu that this is not the New Hampshire legislature." Democratic Senator Tim Wirth of Colorado says what many Washington insiders feel: Sununu "thinks he's the only smart guy in town. He shows little respect for anyone else's intelligence or point of view...
...Kelsey Wirth '91, a member of the Environmental Action Committee (EAC) who helped organize the Cambridge Earth Day celebration, says students will continue to stress the economic advantages of conservation policies in their meetings with administrators...
...People say you are doing this for all the wrong reasons, but basically that is the only way you get people to do things," says Wirth, adding that it is also important to supplement the economic incentives with educational campaigns...
...just about any kind of pollutant. Last year the Government decreed at least a 15% reduction in the production of ozone-destroying chlorofluorocarbons. But Washington is letting the four CFC manufacturers decide how to allocate the pain; they can buy and sell CFC production rights. Senator Wirth thinks that global warming could be countered by international trading of permits to emit carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases...