sleeper cell
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sleep·er cell • n. a secretive group with suspected links to a terrorist organization that is planning or believed capable of carrying out an attack.
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 "Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)")
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WILLIAM PROXMIRE: 1915-2005 SENATOR KNOWN AS FRUGAL, INDEPENDENT HE FOUGHT A LONG BATTLE WITH ALZHEIMER'S.(FRONT)(Obituary)
Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI); 12/16/2005; 700+ words
; ...madison.com 608-252-6129 William Proxmire, the dime-counting, flesh...died Thursday morning at 90. Proxmire, who ended a long fight with Alzheimer...Democratic Gov. Patrick Lucey, 87, Proxmire's contemporary and the chairman...
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 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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William Proxmire dies at 90
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 12/16/2005; ; 700+ words
; WASHINGTON -- Sen. William Proxmire, the Wisconsin Democrat who fought...awards, died Thursday at 90. Proxmire was known for battling for causes...Mindy Brandt said. His son, Douglas Proxmire, said that no exact cause had been...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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Ex-senator, rebel Democrat, dies at 90; Wisconsin's William Proxmire refused to take campaign donations.(Main)(Obituary)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 12/16/2005; 700+ words
; ...Associated Press WASHINGTON - Sen. William Proxmire, the Wisconsin Democrat who fought...awards, died Thursday at 90. Proxmire was known for battling for causes...Brandt said. His son, Douglas Proxmire, said that no exact cause had...
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OBITUARY; WILLIAM PROXMIRE 1915-2005; He touched Wisconsin with every handshake; Former senator's tenure was marked by his independence, tireless campaigning and Golden Fleece Awards
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 12/16/2005; ; 700+ words
; William Proxmire parlayed tireless shoe-leather campaigning...long battle with Alzheimer's disease, Proxmire died early Thursday in Copper Ridge...a longtime aide, according to Ellen Proxmire, his wife of 49 years. Proxmire also...
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 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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Ex-Sen. William Proxmire dies; rebel Democrat known for thrift
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 12/16/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Bergen County, NJ) 12-16-2005 Ex-Sen. William Proxmire dies; rebel Democrat known for thrift...NEWS Edtion: All Editions Biographical: William Proxmire WASHINGTON - William Proxmire, the Democratic senator from Wisconsin who...
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WILLIAM PROXMIRE; The man from Wisconsin
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 12/16/2005; ; 700+ words
; William Proxmire, who represented Wisconsin in the Senate...their constituents. In Washington, Proxmire was at home grappling with issues of...hands with voters at the State Fair. Proxmire, who died at age 90 early Thursday after...
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Analysis: Former Wisconsin Senator William Proxmire dies
Transcript from: NPR Talk of the Nation; 12/15/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Analysis: Former Wisconsin Senator William Proxmire dies Host: NEAL CONAN Time...the death of former Senator William Proxmire. He passed away this morning...Neal. CONAN: I understand William Proxmire actually worked at a reporter...
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Profile: William Proxmire, crusader against government waste
Transcript from: NPR Special; 12/15/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Special 12-15-2005 Profile: William Proxmire, crusader against government...political history has died. William Proxmire was a Democratic senator from...previous interview) Senator WILLIAM PROXMIRE (Democrat, Wisconsin...
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William Proxmire, senator with keen eye for frivolous spending OBITUARY
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 12/16/2005; ; 625 words
; ...International Herald Tribune 12-16-2005 William Proxmire of Wisconsin, the longtime gadfly...colorful Senate career of 31 years.Proxmire, who was also remembered for his...three years later.A Democrat, Proxmire was first elected in 1957 to fill...
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William Proxmire, Ex-Senator, Dies; Democrat Gained Fame For a Crusade on Waste
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/16/2005; ; 700+ words
; William Proxmire, 90, a Wisconsin Democrat who pushed...mile perimeter of Wisconsin. Edward William Proxmire, the son of a surgeon and a housewife...childhood hero, silent-movie cowboy William S. Hart, known for playing plain...
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William Proxmire
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
William Proxmire William Proxmire (born 1915) was a Democratic senator for Wisconsin for three decades. He was committed to careful government spending, budgetary restraint, and consumer protection. William Proxmire was born on November 11...
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Hutchinson v. Proxmire
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States
Hutchinson v. Proxmire, 443 U.S. 111 (1979...bestowed by Senator William Proxmire on federal agencies he...into the limelight by Proxmire's actions and did not...Hutchinson. Justice William Brennan dissented from...
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Patricia Roberts Harris
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Law School, partially because of the urging of William Beasley Harris, a Washington attorney whom she...hearing came the famous exchange between Sen. William Proxmire and Harris. Proxmire questioned whether Harris had empathy for the...
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Defamation
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
...controversy. In Hutchinson v. Proxmire , 443 U.S. 111, 99 S. Ct...ridiculed as wasteful by Senator William Proxmire was not a limited-purpose public...Review 64 (December). Jones, William K. 2003. Insult to Injury: Libel...
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Les Aspin
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...dissertation at MIT he had landed a position as an aide to William Proxmire, senator from Wisconsin and an ardent foe of government waste and extravagance. Aspin was Proxmire's campaign manager in 1964, thus gaining an education...
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