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...mother sure did. And she let me know that college could be in my future, that the means would be available. It was something she had wanted for herself, I realize now. My mother, born Ella Ramah Willis, or Mamma, as I called her, had married my father George Wofford in her early 20s. By the time I was born in 1931, she was 25 and had been a mother for two years; two more babies would follow...
Assuming that the other seeded teams hold serve in their regions, the Quakers’ semifinal match up would most likely come against Wofford. The Terriers’ regular season finale was a 7-6 victory over Furman in which Wofford quarterback Trey Rodgers completed 4 passes for 19 yards. Penn usually puts more than six points on the board in the first five minutes of a ball game, so I’ll give the Quakers the edge by a few touchdowns...
Also to be found in the ranks of Harvard donors was University President Lawrence H. Summers, who made two contributions, adding up to $700, to last year’s losing campaign of Democrat Daniel B. Wofford for a Pennsylvania seat in the House of Representatives...
That sort of call from the hinterland got Washington's attention in 1991, when bookish Democrat Harris Wofford ran for the Senate on the health-care issue and pulled off a stunning upset over a two-time Pennsylvania Governor. The next year Bill Clinton deftly appropriated Wofford's message, vowing to "make health care affordable for every family," and toppled the first President Bush. But when Clinton tried to fix the problem--and almost lost his own presidency--he gave all the other politicians pause about making any such promises again...
...That sort of call from the hinterland got Washington's attention in 1991, when bookish Democrat Harris Wofford ran for the Senate on the health-care issue and pulled off a stunning upset over a two-time Pennsylvania Governor. The next year Bill Clinton deftly appropriated Wofford's message, vowing to "make health care affordable for every family," and toppled the first President Bush. But when Clinton tried to fix the problem--and almost lost his own presidency--he gave all the other politicians pause about making any such promises again...