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Packwood

American  
[pak-wood] / ˈpækˌwʊd /

noun

  1. Bob, born 1932, U.S. politician: senator 1969–95.


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Packwood resigned in 1995 after the Senate Ethics Commission voted unanimously to expel him.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 17, 2026

The discovery was made after David Freeman, who edits Finest Hour, the journal of the International Churchill Society, asked Mr Packwood to see if there was anything that might link Churchill to the Olympics.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2024

In 1995, Sen. Robert Packwood left his post for the same reason.

From Salon Jan. 16, 2023

Just how many works he created is something of an approximation, Allen Packwood, director of the Churchill Archives Center, said.

From New York Times Nov. 8, 2022

John Wilson gave me suppers hot,   With bards of fame, like Hogg and Packwood; A dose of black-strap then I got,   And after a still worse of Blackwood.

From A Publisher and His Friends Memoir and Correspondence of John Murray; with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768-1843 by Smiles, Samuel

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