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First two sentences, as is: "Toward the end of the confirmation hearings, information was leaked to the press from an FBI interview with Anita Hill, an attorney who had worked for Thomas at the Department of Education and the EEOC. On October 11, 1991, Hill was called to testify during the Senate confirmation hearing." That's 49 words.

Then, just under 250 words for the women: "Anita Hill testified at the Senate hearings that Thomas had harassed her, that he had engaged in inappropriate conduct. Hill said Thomas spoke of scenes of bestiality, rape, and group sex in pornography films he had seen. Hill said Thomas bragged many times of his sexual prowess. Hill said Thomas brought up pubic hair on one occasion, and also referred to the pornographic actor Long Dong Silver.

Angela Wright, who worked with Thomas at the EEOC, told staff of members of the Senate Judiciary Committee that Thomas had repeatedly made sexual comments to her, commenting on her body or pressuring her for dates. Wright said that Thomas made comments about her and other women's anatomy "quite often." Wright told several senators' staff that Clarence Thomas asked her the size of her breasts, and that after she turned down Thomas for a date, Thomas began to express discontent with her work and eventually fired her. Rose Jourdain said that Wright had spoken to her about Thomas at the original time of the events. She said Wright became "increasingly upset and increasingly unnerved" at Thomas's "increasingly aggressive behavior." Jourdain spoke of Thomas's comments on Wright's bra size and legs, and of how Thomas once "had the nerve" to come to Wright's home.

Sukari Hardnett, another former Thomas assistant, told the Judiciary Committee that 'if you were young, black, female, reasonably attractive, and worked directly for Clarence Thomas, you knew full well you were being inspected and auditioned as a female.'"

Then 250 words for Thomas's defense. The ungulate and friends can write that.

Then 86 words nobody should dispute: "After extensive debate, the committee sent the nomination to the full Senate without a recommendation either way. Thomas was confirmed by the Senate with a 52-48 vote on October 15, 1991, the narrowest margin for approval in more than a century. The final floor vote was mostly along party lines: 41 Republicans and 11 Democrats voted to confirm while 46 Democrats and two Republicans voted to reject the nomination.

On October 23, 1991, Thomas took his seat as the 106th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court."

Total's about 635 words. There is no new information, so I didn't bother to repost citations; they're as they are.

Then, like Ruslik said, there should be a section about Mayer and Abramson's book, which is after the fact. If conservatives like, they can add an equally long section about Clarence Thomas's new book, or other follow-up info.

Here's the line I suggest for the lead: "Appointed by President George H. W. Bush in 1991, Thomas's controversial confirmation hearings led to the nation's increased awareness of sexual harassment." Then the line about judicial philosophy.

The lead should be two paragraphs, but we could expand to that later; the article is too thin right now.