- "Berlin and Bush's Emotional Wall," Washington Post, November 14, 1989.
- "Text of President Bush's Address," Washington Post, November 23, 1989.
- People, April 9, 1990.
- See "Tracking Thyroid Problems," Washington Times, May 29, 1991. This article, anxious to prevent
the reader from associating the broccoli outburst with the mental and thryoid problems of the spring of
1990, hastens to add: "There is no evidence that lack of broccoli causes Graves disease." Graves disease
was the official White House lable for Bush's thyroid malady, which medical professionals without political
axes to grind have tended to classify as Basedow's disease. - "Transcript of Bush-Gorbachov News Conference," Washington Post,> June 4, 1990.
- Jim Hoagland, "The Deal Behind the Summit," Washington Post, June 5, 1990.
- See "Marshall Says He Never Heard of Bush's Nominee," New York Times, July 27, 1990; "Marshall
Slams Gavel on Souter," Washington Times, July 27, 1990. At about the same time that Marshall quit, Rep.
William Gray of Philadelphia, the Democratic Majority Whip, announced his resignation from the House to
become the president of the United Negro College Fund. Gray had been under heavy police state attack
from the FBI, and was hounded from office. Within a few weeks, Bush had disposed of the top-ranking
black officials of both the legislative and judicial branches of government. - Hobart Rowen, "A Near-Depression," Washington Post, January 10, 1991.
- "Bush Opens Door to Tax-Hike Talks," Washington Post, May 8, 1990.
- Alan Friedman, "The Neil Bush Bailout," Vanity Fair, October, 1990.
- "Bush Defends Fitzwater in S&L Finger-Pointing," Washington Post, June 21, 1990. Bush vetoed H.R.
770, the Family and Medical Leave Bill, which would have required employers with 50 or more employees
to provide their workers with up to 12 weeks of unpaid>, job-protected leave each year to care for a new
child or a seriously ill child, parent, or spouse, or to use as "medical leave" if an eployee is seriously ill.
The measure only required the employer to continue health benefits while the employee was on leave. The
House failed to override the veto by a 232 to 195 vote on July 23, 1990. - "President Talks About a Family Matter," New York Times, July 12, 1990.
- "The Silver Fox Speaks Her Mind," People Weekly, August, 1990.
- At last report, Neil Bush was at large in Houston, Texas, where he had taken a job as a "new business
director" with TransMedia Communications. This company is a subsidiary of Prime Network, a Denver-
based firm which is owned by Bill Daniels, a friend of the Bush family. According to informed sources,
Neil Bush's new job was secured with the help of John McMullen, a minority shareholder in Prime
Network and owner of the Houston Astros baseball team. Neil was lodging at the Houstonian Hotel, which
is also father George's voting address. According to press accounts, Neil Bush was still hoping to sell his
home in Denver for about $500,000. See the Houston Chronicle, July 17, 1991. To help defray Neil's legal
expenses, a fund has been established with the help of former Ohio Democratic Congressman and Skull and
Bones member Thomas L. "Lud" Ashley, president of the Association of Bank Holding Companies. a
lobbying group. In April, 1991 federal regulators ended their 14-month inquiry into Neil Bush by directing
him to refrain from future conflicts of interest in his involvement with federally insured financial
institutions. This was the mildest sanction in the official arsenal. In May, 1991, the FDIC agreed to settle
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