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September 1 of that year, and thus the situation had changed. But Clements, admitting his way would be "taking a chance," argued that if the payments were stopped immediately, star players receiving them would be sure to leave SMU and publicly announce why. Nothing was formally decided at the meeting, but afterwards, Clements and Hitch talked for about fifteen minutes in the Perkins Hall parking lot. Hitch remembered Clements asking him if the payments could be continued and, upon hearing that they could, telling him in no uncertain terms to "do it." And the payments continued (on at least two occasions starting in 1983, after President Shields expressed outrage over the payments and said they had to stop, Clements, an SMU dropout, told the PhD holder Shields to "stay out of it" and to "go run the university").
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1012:
1009:Total votes
966:
961:
956:
949:
913:
897:
886:
842:War on Drugs
838:
834:Ann Richards
826:
822:
814:
780:
763:Comal County
745:
719:
711:Errol Morris
704:
694:
668:
650:
635:
631:Schlumberger
627:
581:World War II
550:
522:
510:constitution
499:
478:
477:
467:World War II
463:Battles/wars
408:Residence(s)
380:Rita Crocker
352:Pauline Gill
315:(2011-05-29)
313:May 29, 2011
262:Succeeded by
255:Kenneth Rush
225:
205:Succeeded by
172:
152:Succeeded by
121:
114:Ann Richards
109:Succeeded by
74:
36:
3097:2011 deaths
3092:1917 births
2750:L. Davidson
2657:W. Flanagan
2481:M. Ferguson
2466:M. Ferguson
2451:J. Ferguson
2105:Appearances
1903:Dallas News
1495:Independent
1477:Libertarian
1255:Bob Poteet
1251:Independent
1233:Libertarian
829:impeachment
646:Gerald Ford
622:White House
573:South Texas
518:Greg Abbott
250:Preceded by
243:Gerald Ford
193:Preceded by
140:Preceded by
97:Preceded by
3086:Categories
2586:Lieutenant
2249:Mark White
2240:Mark White
2157:Republican
1908:January 8,
1608:References
1553:Democratic
1546:Republican
1532:3,441,460
1466:1,584,515
1461:Mark White
1456:Democratic
1442:1,813,779
1429:Republican
1414:Candidate
1377:Kent Hance
1372:Republican
1352:Republican
1327:Republican
1312:Candidate
1291:Republican
1284:Democratic
1270:3,191,091
1222:1,465,937
1215:Republican
1201:1,697,870
1195:Mark White
1188:Democratic
1173:Candidate
1152:Democratic
1145:Republican
1131:2,369,999
1094:Raza Unida
1083:1,166,919
1074:Democratic
1060:1,183,828
1049:Republican
1034:Candidate
994:Republican
976:Republican
951:Republican
936:Candidate
865:California
850:referendum
846:initiative
788:slush fund
767:Kent Hance
506:Rick Perry
429:Profession
417:Alma mater
336:Republican
292:1917-04-13
157:Mark White
131:Lieutenant
102:Mark White
85:Lieutenant
3027:Wolfowitz
2967:Ellsworth
2937:Gilpatric
2917:Robertson
2805:Hobby Jr.
2775:Stevenson
2740:Hobby Sr.
2705:Pendleton
2635:Stockdale
2605:Henderson
2588:governors
2496:Stevenson
2426:Culberson
2319:Governors
2304:Governors
1960:April 16,
1934:April 16,
1757:August 7,
1729:August 7,
805:USA Today
525:crude oil
458:1941–1945
235:President
226:In office
182:President
173:In office
122:In office
75:In office
3057:Norquist
3052:Shanahan
2982:Carlucci
2962:Clements
2912:Anderson
2825:Dewhurst
2795:P. Smith
2720:Browning
2663:Fountain
2651:Campbell
2647:(acting)
2630:Crockett
2546:Richards
2541:Clements
2531:Clements
2516:Connally
2491:O'Daniel
2476:Sterling
2446:Colquitt
2441:Campbell
2376:Hamilton
2081:ProQuest
2035:March 2,
1834:cite web
1785:Archived
1561:See also
1398:100.00%
1393:554,719
1381:108,238
1361:117,673
1338:318,808
1013:158,403
962:115,345
671:Democrat
616:General
608:General
551:Born in
495:Democrat
400:Children
3032:England
3022:de Leon
2977:Claytor
2952:Packard
2932:Douglas
2922:Quarles
2830:Patrick
2820:Ratliff
2810:Bullock
2785:Shivers
2745:Johnson
2700:Wheeler
2675:Hubbard
2669:Pickett
2620:Lubbock
2615:Runnels
2610:Dickson
2526:Briscoe
2506:Shivers
2411:Ireland
2406:Roberts
2401:Hubbard
2366:Lubbock
2356:Houston
2351:Runnels
1537:100.00
1484:42,496
1275:100.00
1240:19,143
1136:100.00
1101:14,213
1018:100.00
983:38,268
861:Houston
786:from a
771:Lubbock
620:at the
435:driller
393:
385:
371:
359:
355:
342:Spouses
163:Acting
3042:Carter
3007:Deutch
2997:Atwood
2987:Thayer
2972:Duncan
2902:Foster
2897:Lovett
2800:Barnes
2790:Ramsey
2770:Woodul
2760:Miller
2715:Jester
2690:Martin
2685:Storey
2680:Sayers
2595:Horton
2561:Abbott
2511:Daniel
2501:Jester
2486:Allred
2436:Lanham
2431:Sayers
2371:Murrah
2109:C-SPAN
2089:(2010)
1701:
1469:46.04
1447:52.70
1417:Votes
1411:Party
1384:19.87
1364:21.60
1343:58.53
1315:Votes
1309:Party
1258:8,065
1225:45.94
1206:53.20
1176:Votes
1170:Party
1119:4,624
1086:49.24
1065:49.96
1037:Votes
1031:Party
1001:4,790
986:24.16
967:72.82
939:Votes
933:Party
900:Athens
612:, and
305:, U.S.
299:Dallas
3062:Hicks
3017:Hamre
3012:White
3002:Perry
2947:Nitze
2942:Vance
2927:Gates
2892:Early
2815:Perry
2735:Mayes
2710:Crane
2695:Gibbs
2640:Jones
2625:Clark
2600:Greer
2556:Perry
2536:White
2521:Smith
2471:Moody
2456:Hobby
2391:Davis
2386:Pease
2361:Clark
2346:Pease
2312:Texas
1818:(PDF)
1811:(PDF)
1551:from
1523:0.00
1513:Green
1505:0.02
1487:1.24
1289:from
1261:0.19
1243:0.60
1150:from
1122:0.19
1104:0.59
1004:3.02
910:Death
730:Pemex
709:, an
387:(
383:
361:(
357:
303:Texas
216:15th
3047:Work
3037:Lynn
2992:Taft
2957:Rush
2907:Kyes
2765:Witt
2725:Neal
2551:Bush
2461:Neff
2421:Hogg
2416:Ross
2396:Coke
2336:Bell
2331:Wood
2306:and
2174:1986
2170:1982
2166:1978
2059:2011
2037:2010
1962:2015
1936:2015
1910:2018
1885:2011
1840:link
1826:2011
1759:2017
1731:2017
1699:ISBN
1680:2020
1642:2020
1549:gain
1520:139
1502:531
1299:1986
1287:gain
1160:1982
1148:gain
923:1978
848:and
793:NCAA
644:and
493:, a
367:div.
310:Died
282:Born
2310:of
2116:at
2107:on
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1791:.
1724:UPI
902:in
867:'s
859:of
803:by
769:of
757:of
433:Oil
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