Word: wrights
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Closing out the debate with the House galleriesjammed with spectators, House Speaker Jim Wright(D-Tex.), said the United States should letCentral America run its own affairs, instead ofmaintaining interventionist policies...
...join with them, and not against them, inseeking an avenue to peace and let us show by ourvote that we are prepared to re-embrace the GoodNeighbor policy, and that we're prepared to givepeace a chance," Wright said...
After the vote, Wright said it should be viewedas "as an encouragement to carry out the [peace]accords and make the peace process a reality." Heattributed the victory to strong congressionalsupport for the peace effort and to "enormouschanges...in the attitude of the Sandinistagovernment...
...right guard, the Broncos have a casualty list that ranges from the brutal to the baroque. During the Cleveland game, surgical pins started oozing out of Strong Safety Dennis Smith's broken hand; he kept playing. On top of that, consider the fact that three defensive stalwarts -- Cornerback Louis Wright, Linebacker Tom Jackson and Safety Steve Foley -- retired after last year. Nobody can say how the defense was able to repeat, but everyone knows venerable Assistant Coach Joe Collier had much to do with...
...legislators -- $500,000 to bring leaders of emerging democracies to the U.S. to study the workings of Congress. Not even Reagan has the chutzpah to mention one particularly large chunk of pork: $25 million for an unnecessary new airport near Fort Worth, the hometown of House Speaker Jim Wright. After all, Wright will be sitting just behind the President...