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Reid, a former boxer, exclaimed "You son of a bitch, you tried to bribe me!" and attempted to strangle Gordon, before startled agents pulled him off. [4] Gordon was convicted in federal court in 1979 and sentenced to six months in prison. [3] In 1981, Reid's wife found a bomb attached to one of their cars, a bomb Reid suspected was placed by ...
Harry Mason Reid Jr. was born on December 2, 1939, in Searchlight, Nevada, the third of four sons of Harry Reid, a rock miner, and Inez Orena (Jaynes) Reid, a laundress for local brothels. [4] [5] At that time, Searchlight was a small, impoverished town. [6] [7] His father died of suicide in 1972, at the age of 58, when Harry was 32 years old.
In 2023 it acquired Wilko's brand, website, and intellectual property, and later announced that it would open five Wilko branded stores. The Rank Group — is a gambling company that operates casinos, bingo, and online gambling. It was formerly also operating as a film producer, cinema chain, engineering and leisure company.
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Not a showman, Reid sometimes got in his own way on the national political stage. As majority leader from 2007 to 2015, he kept the Senate in Democratic hands through a volatile era of polarizing ...
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid defended Jaczko, saying his critics are attacking him because "they’re concerned about the nuclear industry. He’s concerned about the American people." [20] Peter A. Bradford, who was a commission member from 1977 to 1982, has also defended Jaczko.
Harry Reid: 494,805 61% Richard Ziser: 284,640 35% Thomas L. Hurst Libertarian: 9,559 1% David K. Schumann Independent American 6,001 1% Gary Marinch Natural Law: 2,095
Reid made headlines in May 2005 when he said of George W. Bush, "The man's father is a wonderful human being. I think this guy is a loser." Reid later apologized for these comments. [26] Reid also called Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas an "embarrassment" [27] and referred to Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan as a ...