Word: speaker
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...served both Reagan and Bush. "This is a deal with no known end," and the long haul is not America's strong suit. "The risk that is we won't be patient and determined enough to undertake the pressures of long-term commitment," says House Speaker Tom Foley...
...usual, the Democrats are divided. Senate majority leader George Mitchell, flanked by budget committee chairman Jim Sasser, favors a risky wait-'em-out approach, calculating that the nearer the dreaded sequester comes, the more malleable Bush will be. So far, Mitchell has prevailed over House Speaker Tom Foley, majority leader Richard Gephardt and budget chairman Leon Panetta, who, one White House official surmises, "would have preferred to wrap this up weeks...
That caution did not stifle the warnings from Washington that an attack on Saudi Arabia would trigger a wider war. Such a move by Iraq, said Speaker of the House Thomas Foley, "would call for a direct military response by the United States...
Blendon, who was involved in hiring Prothrow-Stith, said she was chosen for her commitment and pioneering work in the field of public health, as well as her skill as a public speaker and educator...
...cowed Lvov's new city council. At a recent session, deputies grilled a local official in charge of light industry and food production. Why was there so little milk? Why were the "bosses" still loading up their cars with scarce goods? "We are a rich agricultural area," complained one speaker, "but everything gets sent to the center...