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JOHN SPELLMAN Politics Never Broke His Heart JOHN C. HUGHES LEGACY PROJECT
First Edition Copyright © 2013 Washington State Legacy Project Office of the Secretary of State All rights reserved. ISBN 978-1-889320-27-4 Front cover photo: Washington State Archives Back cover photo: Spellman Collection Book Design by Holly Harmon Cover Design by Laura Mott Printed in the United States of America by Thomson-Shore This is one in a series of biographies and oral histories published by the Washington State Legacy Project. Other history-makers profiled by the project include former Governor Booth Gardner; former U.S. Senator Slade Gorton; Northwest Indian Fisheries leader Billy Frank Jr; former State Senate Majority Leader Sid Snyder; former Congresswoman Jennifer Dunn; former first lady Nancy Evans; astronaut Bonnie Dunbar; Bremerton civil rights activist Lillian Walker; former Chief Justice Robert F. Utter; former Justice Charles Z. Smith; trailblazing political reporter Adele Ferguson; federal Judge Carolyn Dimmick; and Nirvana cofounder Krist Novoselic. For more information on the Legacy Project go to www.sos.wa.gov/legacyproject/ Also by John C. Hughes Nancy Evans, First-Rate First Lady The Inimitable Adele Ferguson Lillian Walker, Washington State Civil Rights Pioneer Booth Who? A Biography of Booth Gardner Slade Gorton, a Half Century in Politics
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Page 6 and 7: CONTENTS Preface: A Paradoxical Pol
Page 8 and 9: I PREFACE A Paradoxical Politician
Page 10 and 11: PREFACE III Natalie Forbes © The S
Page 12 and 13: PREFACE V SPELLMAN ALWAYS SAID his
Page 14 and 15: 1 CHAPTER ONE Matters of the Heart
Page 16 and 17: MATTERS OF THE HEART 3 Spellman Fam
Page 18 and 19: MATTERS OF THE HEART 5 Spellman Fam
Page 20 and 21: MATTERS OF THE HEART 7 University o
Page 22 and 23: 9 CHAPTER TWO Growing Up Lela Spell
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Page 30 and 31: GROWING UP 17 “I don’t think he
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Page 34 and 35: THE GRADUATE AND THE NOVICE 21 Lemi
Page 36 and 37: THE GRADUATE AND THE NOVICE 23 Jesu
Page 38 and 39: THE GRADUATE AND THE NOVICE 25 In a
Page 40 and 41: HEARTBREAK 27 the newspapers and li
Page 42 and 43: HEARTBREAK 29 the U.N. commander in
Page 44 and 45: HEARTBREAK 31 about the dangers of
Page 46 and 47: HEARTBREAK 33 taught at the Univers
Page 48 and 49: KANE & SPELLMAN 35 specializing in
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KANE & SPELLMAN 39 EUGENE V. DENNET
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KANE & SPELLMAN 41 Sam Smith, a 36-
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43 CHAPTER SIX The Swamp What the 1
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THE SWAMP 45 Clinton appointed the
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THE SWAMP 47 renowned artist Mark T
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THE SWAMP 49 the Braman administrat
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FEAR AND LOATHING AT THE COURTHOUSE
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PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE 57 as well as
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PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE 59 Spellman F
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PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE 61 the handiw
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PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE 63 the silent
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CHANGING TIMES 65 may have seemed i
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CHANGING TIMES 67 for “Metro,”
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69 CHAPTER TEN The Crisis of the Ol
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THE CRISIS OF THE OLD ORDER 71 been
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THE CRISIS OF THE OLD ORDER 73 as w
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THE CRISIS OF THE OLD ORDER 75 Carr
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THE CRISIS OF THE OLD ORDER 77 Char
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THE CRISIS OF THE OLD ORDER 79 As t
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THE CRISIS OF THE OLD ORDER 81 Uhlm
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MAKING AL OLD 83 Spellman’s rejoi
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MAKING AL OLD 85 WASHINGTON STATE A
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MAKING AL OLD 87 how this could hav
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MAKING AL OLD 89 © THE SEATTLE TIM
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THE POLITICAL JOB 91 services, they
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THE POLITICAL JOB 93 GREG GILBERT
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THE POLITICAL JOB 95 like a good ol
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97 CHAPTER THIRTEEN Breaking Barrie
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BREAKING BARRIERS 99 “I always fe
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BREAKING BARRIERS 101 set out to ov
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103 CHAPTER FOURTEEN Way Out Front
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WAY OUT FRONT 105 violate the law!
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WAY OUT FRONT 107 refused to mainta
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WAY OUT FRONT 109 THE HARD HAT MARC
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111 CHAPTER FIFTEEN Mudville In a M
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MUDVILLE 113 being No. 1 in the nat
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MUDVILLE 115 be a miracle” if the
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MUDVILLE 117 unions were pushing fo
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MUDVILLE 119 initial jitters turned
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THRUST BACKWARD 121 baseball and fo
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THRUST BACKWARD 123 an executive—
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THRUST BACKWARD 125 quote of the ye
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THRUST BACKWARD 127 going in that i
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THRUST BACKWARD 129 On December 3,
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THE KINGDOME 131 detailed cost anal
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THE KINGDOME 133 and declared the i
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THE KINGDOME 135 other state in the
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GROUNDBREAKING 137 on with the buil
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GROUNDBREAKING 139 into my office.
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GROUNDBREAKING 141 employment and f
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143 CHAPTER NINETEEN Sand Jacks and
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SAND JACKS AND SMOKE SCREENS 145 co
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SAND JACKS AND SMOKE SCREENS 147 ga
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SAND JACKS AND SMOKE SCREENS 149 th
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SAND JACKS AND SMOKE SCREENS 151 WO
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153 feisty Capitol correspondent, c
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OFF AND RUNNING 155 The former news
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OFF AND RUNNING 157 bury-the-hatche
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159 CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE Primary Colo
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PRIMARY COLORS 161 WASHINGTON STATE
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PRIMARY COLORS 163 © THE SEATTLE T
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PRIMARY COLORS 165 was 239,000 high
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DIXYLAND 167 and Janet Smith worked
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DIXYLAND 169 “I never smart when
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DIXYLAND 171 implication was that S
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DIXYLAND 173 What all this suggests
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DIXYLAND 175 won in a breeze. Dixy
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177 CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE Second Tho
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SECOND THOUGHTS AND THIRD TERMS 179
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FULLY JUSTIFIED 187 KING COUNTY sou
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FULLY JUSTIFIED 189 the county atte
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FULLY JUSTIFIED 191 As Spellman was
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YOU WIN SOME, YOU LOSE SOME 193 Spe
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YOU WIN SOME, YOU LOSE SOME 195 Cou
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YOU WIN SOME, YOU LOSE SOME 197 Alt
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A REAL GOVERNOR 199 the state’s h
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A REAL GOVERNOR 201 “misery index
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A REAL GOVERNOR 203 not going to be
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A REAL GOVERNOR 205 tive and modera
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207 CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN McDermott
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MCDERMOTT IS THE QUESTION 209 psych
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MCDERMOTT IS THE QUESTION 211 DAVID
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MCDERMOTT IS THE QUESTION 213 “Ne
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MCDERMOTT IS THE QUESTION 215 Ann E
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MCDERMOTT IS THE QUESTION 217 margi
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TRANSITIONS 219 River system. 2 Env
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TRANSITIONS 221 Opportunity directo
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TRANSITIONS 223 high school in Seat
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TRANSITIONS 225 “entering the gre
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GRAY AND LONELY 227 the first time,
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GRAY AND LONELY 229 Max Pillar’s
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GRAY AND LONELY 231 Polkanomics cal
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GRAY AND LONELY 233 teachers and ad
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GRAY AND LONELY 235 WASHINGTON STAT
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237 CHAPTER THIRTY Fear and Loathin
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245 CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE Choices Havi
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CHOICES 247 can’t find your troop
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CHOICES 249 DAVID HORSEY © SEATTLE
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CHOICES 251 clause to ensure that s
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CHOICES 253 land-use decision was u
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CHOICES 255 Taking stock of his fir
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WHAT NEXT? 257 to the state soldier
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WHAT NEXT? 259 quartet of conservat
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WHAT NEXT? 261 when the turnaround
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WHAT NEXT? 263 THE LEGISLATURE quic
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265 CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE The Ides o
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THE IDES OF MARCH 267 people on the
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THE IDES OF MARCH 269 was a shell g
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AN EPIC PROCESS OF DUE PROCESS 271
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279 CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE Scratch and
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SCRATCH AND MATCH 281 Puyallup, and
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283 CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX China Spellm
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CHINA 285 WASHINGTON STATE ARCHIVES
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CHINA 287 We wished for it, we got
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CHECKS AND IMBALANCES 289 a nickel
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CHECKS AND IMBALANCES 291 ending Ju
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CHECKS AND IMBALANCES 293 dozens of
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CHECKS AND IMBALANCES 295 Spellman
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CHECKS AND IMBALANCES 297 THE DOOR
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299 CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT A Sad Plum
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A SAD PLUM 301 temperament to be a
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A SAD PLUM 303 just driven “a wed
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AFFORDABLE HOUSING 305 crews. Lende
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AFFORDABLE HOUSING 307 against the
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309 CHAPTER FORTY Strong, Ill-defin
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STRONG, ILL-DEFINED NEGATIVES 311 P
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STRONG, ILL-DEFINED NEGATIVES 313 a
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STRONG, ILL-DEFINED NEGATIVES 315 A
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317 CHAPTER FORTY-ONE Booth Whew
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BOOTH WHEW 319 Moloney were fined $
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BOOTH WHEW 321 state issues was “
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BOOTH WHEW 323 The union boss chuck
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BOOTH WHEW 325 meetings and the Lon
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BOOTH WHEW 327 Teresa Spellman hugs
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329 CHAPTER FORTY-TWO Judge Not Spe
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JUDGE NOT 331 stayed out of the fra
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JUDGE NOT 333 qualified and Spellma
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HE COULDN'T WATCH 335 of investing
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HE COULDN'T WATCH 337 as the Marine
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HE COULDN'T WATCH 339 It wasn’t j
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THE OLD GUVS' CLUB 341 liberal for
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THE OLD GUVS' CLUB 343 the majority
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THE OLD GUVS' CLUB 345 Asked what s
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THE OLD GUVS' CLUB 347 It addressed
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349 A U T H O R ' S N O T E AND ACK
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AUTHOR'S NOTES AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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DONORS 353 SPELLMAN FAMILY ALBUM Ja
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SOURCE NOTES 355 9. Ibid. 10. Org,
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SOURCE NOTES 357 15. Ibid., p. 190;
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SOURCE NOTES 359 Chapter Nine: Chan
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SOURCE NOTES 361 7. Butterworth to
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SOURCE NOTES 363 23. P-I, 10-9-69,
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SOURCE NOTES 365 9. Times, 1-10-72,
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SOURCE NOTES 367 10. Schrock to aut
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SOURCE NOTES 369 27. P-I, 11-1-77,
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SOURCE NOTES 371 15. Grays Harbor W
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SOURCE NOTES 373 Chapter 29: Gray a
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SOURCE NOTES 375 24. Times, 4-16-81
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SOURCE NOTES 377 25. Crosscut.com,
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SOURCE NOTES 379 39. P-I, 7-9-83, p
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SOURCE NOTES 381 10. Ibid. 11. Ibid
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SOURCE NOTES 383 10. P-I, 10-23-07,
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BIBLIOGRAPHY 385 Brands, H.W., Amer
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BIBLIOGRAPHY 387 Kink, Steve, and C
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389 ABOUT THE AUTHOR John C. Hughes
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INDEX 391 Bagnariol, John 109, 155,
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INDEX 393 Citizens Against Stadium
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INDEX 395 Evers, Medgar (Memorial S
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INDEX 397 Higgins, Henry 155 High N
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INDEX 399 Lake Washington II, 10, 1
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INDEX 401 NCAA Final Four 338 Nelse
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INDEX 403 Reagan, Ronald I, 201, 21
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INDEX 405 Smith College 192 Smith,
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INDEX 407 U.S. Supreme Court 32, 12
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INDEX 409 World Football League 146
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