Hello Richard,   
      
    RW>> I thought I read   
    RW>> somewhere back then that there were some conflict of interest issues   
    RW>> re that company adn some government contracts.   
      
    JM>> You didn't.   
      
    JM>> In the 1970's, Newt Gingrich, an assistant professor who taught   
    JM>> environmental studies and an unsuccessful Congressional candidate,   
    JM>> criticized a local manufacturing company.   
      
    JM>> The company, Southwire, was a powerful force. It was also, Mr.   
    JM>> Gingrich asserted, a polluter.   
      
   RW>YEp, that's what i was referring to, had read something   
   RW>about that way back when, but, as they say, I've slept since then   
   RW>.   
      
   Southwire Corporate was only a polluter *before* Newt Gingrich   
   received sizeable contributions from the company...   
      
   RW>Thanks for the correction .   
      
   You're welcome.  :)   
      
   --Lee   
      
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