Thomas Frustrates Efforts to Elicit His Views The Washington Post | September 13, 1991| | . This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats became increasingly frustrated yesterday trying to draw out the views of Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, with committee chairman Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.) telling the nominee that he was engaging in "sophistry" and calling another answer "the most unartful dodge I have heard."

But as Thomas testified for a third day before the committee, whether his nomination was in jeopardy remained far from clear. Sen. Howell T. Heflin (D-Ala.), a swing vote on the committee, told PBS yesterday that "from what I hear among my colleagues" in the Senate as a ...

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