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Mus·kie  (msk), Edmund Sixtus 1914-1996.
American politician. A Democratic U.S. senator from Maine (1958-1980), he also served as U.S. secretary of state (1980-1981).

mus·kie or mus·ky  (msk)
n. pl. mus·kies
The muskellunge.

muskie [ˈmʌskɪ]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Canadian an informal name for the muskellunge

Muskie [ˈmʌskɪ]
n
(Biographies / Muskie, Edmund (Sixtus) (1914-1996) M, US, POLITICS: politician, POLITICS: statesman) Edmund (Sixtus). 1914-96, US Democratic politician: Governor of Maine (1955-59): senator for Maine (1959-80): Secretary of State (1980-81)


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Other cabinet officials appointed under such an arrangement include Secretary of State Edmund Muskie and Secretary of the Treasury Lloyd Bentsen.
Ed Muskie, brought in from the Senate to replace Cyrus Vance at State in the final year of Jimmy Carter’s term, also still dreamed of the White House, having blown a 1972 bid for the Democratic nomination that had been his for the taking.
After Muskie won in New Hampshire, I just assumed that those guys were going to be right.
 
 
 
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