Word: jesse
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Most politicians claim not to be influenced by money or favors, professing to follow the dictum of California Assembly Speaker Jess Unruh: "If you can't drink their booze, eat their food, ((have)) their women and vote against them in the morning, you don't belong in this place...
...into local politics. Elected to the state assembly in 1964, he became known as a radical who applauded the Watts riots and demanded more state spending for the poor. But he also developed a reputation for mastery of legislative rules and budget arcana. Brown sometimes crossed the legendary speaker Jess Unruh, who nonetheless knew talent when he saw it. After an early speech by Brown, Unruh muttered, "It's a good thing you aren't white." Why? Brown asked. "Because you'd own the place," Unruh replied...
...Elway, though maybe also on the foot of Rich Karlis. If Karlis had made a couple of makable field goals in the first half of last year's Super Bowl, the game could have been much different. The Redskins' kicking game has been so shaky, Ali Haji-Sheikh and Jess Atkinson were still fighting for the job last week. The loser will have a hard time finding a ticket in San Diego...
...Jess M. Bravin...
Michael D. Nolan '88 won the opinion/commentary category, and Jonathan M. Moses '88 and Jess M. Bravin '87 tied for first in the reporting category...