Word: wrighting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wrong words bring out the Wright stuff. Scandal-tarred House Speaker Jim Wright desperately wanted to make a speech in prime time. Democratic Party strategists, preferring that the oleaginous convention chairman be an invisible man, reluctantly agreed to relative darkness: ten minutes of non- prime-time oratory...
...Wright was ready. But as soon as the twin TelePrompTers on the podium began to roll, he discovered that the ghostly text was not his prepared speech but that of Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd, who was scheduled to follow him. Wright, a stump speaker of the old school, improvised...
...Democrats Southern attack didn't stop with Richards and Bentsen. Some prominent names included Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton and Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd. The Texas entourage included House Speaker Jim Wright, Agriculture Commissioner Jim Hightower, former Congresswoman Barbara Jordan and Congressman Mickey Leland. Leland and the highly respected Jordan seconded Bentsen's selection as vice president. Even the ending of the convention had a Texan taste to it. Singer Jennifer Holliday closed out the convention with the old rendition of "America the Beautiful." And where is she from? You guessed it. She's from Texas...
...about legal liability. Before the passengers on Flight 655 were even buried, Washington policymakers were locked in a distracting wrangle over whether to pay damages. The questionable notion that some form of monetary compensation to the victims' families could assuage Iran's grief was advanced by House Speaker Jim Wright and Republican Senator John Warner. The Administration has agreed to study the possibility of such payments, and the President is leaning strongly in favor of them. The primary obstacle appears to be political: 61% of those polled oppose such payments...
...Capitol Hill, Wright said, "If the presidentis satisfied [that payments are warranted], Iwould imagine the Congress would be satisfied...