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Republicans had spent much of Wednesday pleading
with Jeffords virtually offering him the moon and stars to change
his mind.
Sources tell ABCNEWS' Linda Douglass the pressure
was intense, with nearly all of the 49 Republican senators meeting with
him at some point during the day, either individually or in groups.
They tried guilt, telling him he was going to
cost staffers their jobs. They tried essentially bribery, the leaders
offering him a leadership position in the Senate and in the Republican
Party. Some of the old guard Republican committee chairmen and others
told him the move would dilute the voice of moderates in the Senate.
Seizing the opportunity to express his own frustration
with the Republican leadership, another maverick senator John McCain,
R-Ariz. ripped into his party for driving Jeffords away.
Tolerance of dissent is the hallmark of a mature
party, and it is well past time for the Republican Party to grow up,"
McCain said in a prepared statement e-mailed and faxed around Washington.
Republicans had spent much of Wednesday pleading
with Jeffords virtually offering him the moon and stars to change
his mind.
Sources tell ABCNEWS' Linda Douglass the pressure
was intense, with nearly all of the 49 Republican senators meeting with
him at some point during the day, either individually or in groups.
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The popular feature/filler, JUST -A-WORD, continues to
find its way into more and more community newspaper across the U.S.,"said
Raymond Meyers, the publisher of Reunion Publishing Company,Inc. "The papers
that have picked up the column, are getting tremendous response from readers,"
he went on to say.
"This year, we expect to sign up over one thousand newpapers,"
Meyers reported. "The inquiries and orders just keep coming in!"
"The response from the readership also has been overwhelming!
We're getting mail from all over with stories about the origin of popular
words and phrases! We plan to use as many as we can!" said Meyers.
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Republicans had spent much of Wednesday pleading with Jeffords virtually
offering him the moon and stars to change his mind.
Sources tell ABCNEWS' Linda Douglass the pressure
was intense, with nearly all of the 49 Republican senators meeting with
him at some point during the day, either individually or in groups.
They tried guilt, telling him he was going to cost
staffers their jobs. They tried essentially bribery, the leaders offering
him a leadership position in the Senate and in the Republican Party. Some
of the old guard Republican committee chairmen and others told him the
move would dilute the voice of moderates in the Senate.
Seizing the opportunity to express his own frustration
with the Republican leadership, another maverick senator John McCain,
R-Ariz. ripped into his party for driving Jeffords away.
Tolerance of dissent is the hallmark of a mature
party, and it is well past time for the Republican Party to grow up,"
McCain said in a prepared statement e-mailed and faxed around Washington.
Republicans had spent much of Wednesday pleading with Jeffords virtually
offering him the moon and stars to change his mind.
Sources tell ABCNEWS' Linda Douglass the pressure
was intense, with nearly all of the 49 Republican
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