OpinionAugust 11, 1991
MISSOURIANA
About the only way William Kennedy Smith can hope to get an unprejudiced jury in his Florida rape case is to change his name to John Doe. --- Members of the U.S. Senate vote themselves a 22 percent pay raise and approve a ban against speaking fees. When it comes to a salary hikes for Congress, senators would do better to limit the speeches of incensed taxpayers...
About the only way William Kennedy Smith can hope to get an unprejudiced jury in his Florida rape case is to change his name to John Doe.
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Members of the U.S. Senate vote themselves a 22 percent pay raise and approve a ban against speaking fees. When it comes to a salary hikes for Congress, senators would do better to limit the speeches of incensed taxpayers.
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Secretary of State James Baker is leading an effort to find peace in the Middle East. Maybe he should sign-up Saddam Hussein first.
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If Judge Clarence Thomas wins confirmation, maybe the Supreme Court can finally organize a basketball team in Washington's senior citizen league.
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You're getting older if you can remember when the higher you got in Missouri politics, the lower the number on your state license plate became.
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