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To: KLP who wrote (142857)10/14/2005 4:33:10 AM
From: Thomas A Watson  Respond to of 793928
 
It has been rumored that several leading ladies asked not to be considered. The reason given was not wishing to run the confirmation gauntlet of personal attacks. That may be the whole of it.

But Roberts was poetry in the hearings. Was fear of looking humbug in comparison a genuine fear?

I hope Ms Miers is another poet. But brave she clearly is.