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Article: The swearing never stops. (Republican Senators' techniques to help Clarence Thomas' Supreme Court nomination)
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- U.S. News & World Report
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- October 28, 1991
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Clarence Thomas was sworn in as the 106th justice of the Supreme Court last week and began by asking the nation to "look for what is good in others." But now that he had been confirmed by the Senate he once accused of a public lynching, no one seemed interested in his advice. The fight had moved beyond Thomas and his accuser, Anita Hill, transformed into a spectacle of blame and revenge: women's groups charging Democrats with betrayal; Democrats charging Republicans with dirty tactics; Republicans worrying about alienating young women voters; voters disgusted by the entire display. Senators pledged to change the process-and voters promised to limit congressional terms. It ...
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