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By CURT ANDERSON
M.oc,.,.d Pr ••• Wrt,.r
WA HI GTO (AP)
Clar n Thoma cam cIo 0
emotional breakdown duringthe
Anita Hill exual ha men
h rings, often obbing in front
of friends and once writhing on
his bedroom floor, Sen. John
Danforth' new book reveal .
The M· ouri Republican al 0
wrote in"R urr ion" that his
own fervor to Thoma con­
firmed in 1991 to h upreme
Court led him to cro the
"boundary of propriety" in trying
19 destro Hill' credibility.
"It w s departure from ny-
tmn anybody would y w
fair," Danforth id in n inter­
view. "Bu if you're h r in an
alley and peopl are hrowing
rocks, you pick up a rock."
Danforth, who as Missouri at­
torney general hired Thomas in
1974--Out of Yale Law School and
later made him a top en t
si tant, 1 d the campaign for
Thoma to r pL ee th n-r t iring
Ju tice Thurgood Marsh U
: They r main clo friends.
.. Thoma is now an as 1 t ju -
tice on th nation's high court
and Danforth is retiring after
three Senate terms to pra tice
law and work with the Epi copai
Church, in which h i an or­
dained mim t r.
In th book' most gripping
scene, Thomas, Danforth and
their wive rooped into th
enator's bathroom for a private
• prayer before Thomas made hi
• first tat ment d nying Hill' al­
'legations to the Sen te Judiciary
Committ
WITH TH FOUR of th m
. standing in a mall cirel D n­
forth wrote, h turn d on a tap
recording of the Mormon Tab r­
nacle Choir inging, "Onward
Christian Soldiers."
"I push d th top but on, put
· my hands on Clar nee' houl-
• de ,and poke as a mini ter:
• 'Go forth in th name of Christ,
: trusting in th power of the Holy
: Spirit. It'
· When they I ft he bathroom,
Thom id in th book hat h
· felt "as though I w. arm d for
battle th n. 1 was till
but I � It that
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CLARENCE THOMAS
h vingth pr y rs answer d,n
Danforth said in he intervi w.
wore on, t
political battl be-
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