He gave a Golden Fleece Award to a $46,000 Dept. of Agriculture study on how long it takes to cook breakfast
Proxmire`s Role In The Senate Will Be A Hard Act To Follow ...  Aug 30, 1987 ... William Proxmire announced last week that he would not seek re- election, news ... publicized Golden Fleece awards have been the bane of grant-giving. bureaucrats. Among the recipients of the awards: the Department of Agriculture for a $46,000 study to detect how long it takes to cook breakfast; the Law...
jeopardy/38_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS | In 1921 Harding commuted the sentence of this candidate whose campaign used a bust of him in prison garb | Eugene Debs ... PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS | He was called the poor man's candidate in 1896;...