Gordon Smith
Gordon Smith
Republican politician who was a US Senator from Oregon from 1997 to 2009. After retiring from politics he became the President of the National Association of Broadcasters.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth25 May 1952
CountryUnited States of America
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This is the right thing to do. It's the right time to do it.
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They're not convinced that everything was being done that could be done.
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They've been turning off dams, tearing them out, shutting down nuclear reactors, preventing new utilities from being sited, ... We as their neighbors should not have to pick up their tab. It's just really a question of fairness.
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Three thousand area landowners were notified that a wall was going to be built.
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The person was known. People were identifying him from inside of the store shortly after the call came in.
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I never thought Oregon would elect to the U.S. Senate a Mormon, but it did.
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There is no requirement with respect to the nationality of who owns a brokerage. Individual brokers and salespeople must be Canadian residents, but the ownership of the brokerage is not regulated from the perspective of the nationality or location of its owners. The Act 's purpose is protection of the public, it is not intended to regulate foreign investment.
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This starts at 4 o'clock in the morning with trucks -- the Sears store, Home Depot, the cement plant. That is when your day begins and it doesn't stop until 10, 11 p.m.
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My mother always said, 'The best way to ruin a story is to tell the other side.'
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Newspapers across the country and the world have published cartoons that have gone beyond reasonable differences of opinion and expanded into the realm of antisemitism.
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When there's an emergency weather situation, the local broadcaster is the source of information that often makes the difference between life and death.
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The people who depend on an antenna are often those who are underprivileged - the elderly and the disadvantaged who can't afford a $200-a-month cable bill.
We have some control over when we retire. However, we have very little control over how long we will live.
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Local television is still the No. 1 source for news and part of the family.