Speaker of The House
As a result of the Tongsun Park influence peddling scandal, House Speaker Carl Albert retired from Congress and O'Neill was elected Speaker in 1977, the same year Carter became President.
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is a middle-aged witch, me
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my face in a book
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—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“Turn back. Turn, young lady dear
A murderer’s house you enter here
I was wooed and won little bird”
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