Rayburn: a biography.Rayburn: A Biography. D.B.Hardeman, Donald C. Bacon. Texas Monthly Press, $21.95. Sam (1) (Security Accounts Manager) The part of Windows NT that manages the database of usernames, passwords and permissions. A SAM resides in each server as well as in each domain controller. See PDC and trust relationship. Rayburn served as speaker of the House longer than anyone else-- from 1940-1961, with time out as minority leader during the Eisenhower administration. Today he is remembered chiefly as a reticent survivor who admonished younger legislators, "in this House, the people who get along the best, go along the most.' But there was more passion andsubstance to Rayburn than the saying suggests. While still a freshman, Rayburn sponsored legislation giving the Interstate Commerce Commission Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC), former independent agency of the U.S. government, established in 1887; it was charged with regulating the economics and services of specified carriers engaged in transportation between states. the authority to approve all new transportation securities--a measure that brought Rayburn into conflict not only with the then-powerful railroads rail·road n. 1. A road composed of parallel steel rails supported by ties and providing a track for locomotive-drawn trains or other wheeled vehicles. 2. but also with President Woodrow Wilson. Rayburn's actions so angered Wilson that he lent support to Rayburn's opponent in the next election. The tension between Rayburn'spopulist ideals and the need to "get along' ought to provide material for a first-rate biography. And with Rayburn's protege pro·té·gé n. One whose welfare, training, or career is promoted by an influential person. [French, from past participle of protéger, to protect, from Old French, from Latin , get-along, goalong, Jim Wright, recently ascended to the speakership, this is a useful time for such a biography to be published. Unfortunately, Hardeman, a former Rayburn staff member, and Bacon, an editor at U.S. News and World Report, have produced a worshipful wor·ship·ful adj. 1. Given to or expressive of worship; reverent or adoring. 2. Chiefly British Used as a respectful form of address. book that, paradoxically par·a·dox n. 1. A seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true: the paradox that standing is more tiring than walking. 2. , makes Rayburn seem a dull fellow. Until a really first-rate biography appears, the curious will do better to read Robert Caro's brilliant chapter on Rayburn in The Path to Power. |
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