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From: wayner@fulla.cs.cornell.edu (Peter Wayner)
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Subject: Re: I have here..
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Date: 5 Nov 90 01:01:07 GMT
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mnemonic@eff.org (Mike Godwin) writes:

>In article <1990Nov4.035527.20292@wolves.uucp> ggw%wolves@cs.duke.edu (Gregory G. Woodbury) writes:
>>
>>	I caught quite quickly the stylistic references to Senator
>>McCarthy (and his young lawyer assistant Richard Nixon!) and
>>JET's neat satire.

>The "young lawyer assistant" you are thinking of is probably Roy
>Cohn. Nixon, though a lawyer, was elected to the House in 
>1946 and elected to the U.S. Senate in 1950. He was chosen as
>Eisenhower's running mate in 1952.

And if I remember right, Bobby Kennedy was turned down for the 
job and spent a few anxious hours wondering why he was passed over.
History is very kind to some people.


>--Mike


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