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Utah repiggie Kevin Garn paid his former “Lolita” 150,000 dollars in 2002 for her silence on the affair.
Think Progress » ACLU will sue high school that canceled prom to stop lesbians from attending. 2010
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A repiggie Congress critter named Kevin Garn of Utah is in hot water right now over a 2002 payment to a woman to keep her silence about their being nude together in a hot tub and his relationship with her.
Think Progress » ACLU will sue high school that canceled prom to stop lesbians from attending. 2010
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'Yet current events such as Garn and Killpatrick, and many others ...
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"Garn," said Billy indignantly; "I want to see the fun as well as you do.
Many Cargoes 1903
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It sounds like a good start but to get to the bottom of the problem, the President needs to get Congress to completely undo the “reforms” enacted under Carter and Reagan like the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act and the Garn-St.
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An east wind blusters round the summit of Craig y Garn.
Country diary: Garndolbenmaen Jim Perrin 2010
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Jake Garn, a former Republican senator from Utah and the first member of Congress to fly in space, agrees.
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Reps from the relevant congressional committees were included (remember barfin 'Jake Garn who went first - he was a Senator; Nelson was a House member back then), there were plans for a newscaster (Walter was very hopeful), and of course the teacher on Challenger itself after which the whole idea was junked.
Bill Nelson Continues To Block NASA Administrator Nominees - NASA Watch 2009
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"Garn!" he cried, with a playful shove of his fist on my shoulder.
A MAN AND THE ABYSS 2010
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The subsequent Garn-St. Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982 enabled lenders to issue adjustable rate and interest-only mortgages, the drivers of the current mortgage meltdown.
Jane White: Reagan's True Legacy: Terminating the American Dream Jane White 2011
tankhughes commented on the word Garn
https://www.neatorama.com/2019/10/11/Humorous-Units-of-Measurement/
"The Garn is a unit used by NASA to measure nausea and travel sickness caused by space adaptation syndrome. It is named after astronaut Jake Garn, who was frequently sick during tests and on orbit. A score of one Garn means the sufferer is completely incapacitated."
February 15, 2022