Reviews: Nonfiction
Tags: CHRONOLOGY of the 20th Century (Book); TERRORISM; OLYMPIC Games; RAYBURN, Sam, 1882-1961; DEATH
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- Sam Rayburn. Dingus, Anne // Texas Monthly;Dec2000, Vol. 28 Issue 12, p248
Pays tribute to politician Sam Rayburn, who died on November 16, 1961. Educational background; Career in politics.
- Lawmaker of the Century. Ratliff, John // Texas Monthly;Dec99, Vol. 27 Issue 12, p190
Features Texas legislator Sam Rayburn.
- We Must Have Unity. Rayburn, Sam // Vital Speeches of the Day;2/1/44, Vol. 10 Issue 8, p229
Presents the text of a speech given by Congressman Sam Rayburn of Texas, on December 9, 1943, which deals with unity.
- The Red River Border. James, Gary // Texas Guide;2000, p290
This article focuses on several towns near the Red River border in Texas. The Lake Arrowhead State Park in Wichita Falls lies over what used to be an oil field and some of the old derricks have been left in the water, providing hideouts and feeding areas for the fish. The Sherman and Denison...
- Gov. Brown, before raising taxes, 'wait a minute'. Coupal, Jon // Business Journal Serving Fresno & the Central San Joaquin Valley;5/13/2011, p30
The article denotes the statements of Governor Jerry Brown regarding former-Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn's move for tax increases in California.
- Rayburn of Texas. Voorhis, Jerry // New Republic;7/10/44, Vol. 111 Issue 2, p44
Presents a letter to the editor on the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn, published in this issue of the periodical.
- SAMUEL TALIAFERRO RAYBURN. Baron, Robert C.; Scinta, Samuel; Staten, Pat // Millennium 2000 -- 20th Century America: 100 Influential People;1995, p98
This article profiles Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn, politician and former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. Samuel Rayburn was born in Roanoke County, Tennessee, to a family of eleven children. Rayburn graduated from the Mayo Normal School in 1903. He ran for the U.S. House of...
- Hats off to Sam Rayburn. // America;1/15/1949, Vol. 80 Issue 15, p389
The article reports on the move by U.S. House of Representative Speaker Sam Rayburn to pursue change in the House rules to empower the committee chairmen to compel the Rules Committee to report out for debate bills that were delayed for 21 days.
- The First Hurdle. // Time;7/12/1954, Vol. 64 Issue 2, p21
The article reports that the U.S. federal government's foreign aid bill was approved by the House following the move of Democratic Minority Leader Sam Rayburn to support the bill.
