They proposed big cuts in education and training. Among those who came out for me were prominent Republicans like John Young, president of Hewlett-Packard; John Sculley, chairman The facts were in dispute and, in any case, should not have diminished his standing after a long career marked by devotion, stellar service, and evident courage. I had won the public fight and lost the private one.
” I urged the Irish to say to those who still clung to violence, “You are the past, your day is over. We were also the first generation to feel the full force of the women’s movement, the impact of which people were about to observe in the White House. People didn’t yet feel the economy getting better, and the old anti-tax, anti-government rhetoric still had a lot of juice. I believed that the contorted definition of “sexual relations” enabled me to do so, though I was worried enough about it to invite the lawyer interrogating me to ask specific questions.
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