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Speculators form all sides are wondering why nobody wants to move. And critics of the Hart building--led by Sen. William Proximate (D. Wise.)--have outspokenly tried to explain. The building is just too opulent, too extravagant, they claim. In the midst of a severe economic slump, how can they justify moving in to a structure with white marble, bronze elevator doors and rooftop tennis courts? How would they explain to constituents visiting their offices--if they could find them in the maze of facilities...
...experts on moral principles, but not always on how to apply them: "I'm not confident we bishops have the ability to tell the President of the U.S. how to get the world out of the dangerous position in which it finds itself. If I were that wise, I wouldn't be sitting here...
...considered unpatriotic or too sexually explicit from Kanawha County public schools. Campaigning for reelection, Staton told constituents this year that he felt he had been "raised up by God" to lead them. The voters disagreed; heavy unemployment reminded them of their traditional economic liberalism. They elected Democrat Bob Wise, a populist lawyer and state senator...
Clay met and married his wife Thelma, 47, five weeks after she arrived in Detroit from Wise, Va. "I loved working in the factory," she recalls, "but my sister-in-law was working right beside me, and she got her hand cut off up to the knuckles. That scared me to death. On the line, it was bad, but you know, I really liked it I liked the work...
...last week the eight-year-old organization, whose 210-member roster includes such capitalist colossi as Xerox Corp. and RCA Corp., revealed that it is heading back on another trade-promotion trip Nov. 16. Says Michael Forrestal, a past council president: "U.S. executives generally feel that it is wise for the two largest industrial countries to maintain trade relations...