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Retreat, was that your idea or his? Biden and his wife, Jill, dance on Jan. Christine Blasey Ford reacts as she speaks before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The hearings uprooted the rest of her life. Robin Roberts during an interview on Monday which will fully air on Tuesday. But i also held seats in mind: anita hill testimony photos, obviously we work. She accused kavanaugh. Christine Blasey Ford, the booming righteous anger of Clarence Thomas and the tearful outrage of Brett Kavanaugh. Hill was a mediocre employee who was used by political opponents to make claims she had been sexually harassed. You could say the same thing about a law firm, because the bar is relatively small in most locations. US politics for global readers. So many of your faves attended the annual bash. The following year he would lose in the Democratic primary to Carol Mosely Braun, a relative newcomer from Chicago who ran against his vote for Thomas. 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