Word: allene
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Pudding Music Supervisor Allen G. Feinstein '86 and Padgett met with the prospective composers weekly to discuss their progress before narrowing the pool to four composers, who turned in their versions of five songs...
...Both the amount of advertising and its sophistication has had a major influence on child development," said Allen D. Kanner, an associate of the Wright Institute at the University of California at Berkley who signed the letter. "It is molding how children think and feel about themselves and others. They judge themselves and other people on what they have and what they...
...political center. Now, at 61, he's one of the Senate's most endangered incumbents, running a campaign in which he seems to have the bearing of a Senator but not the substance. Polls have him running anywhere from 3 to 10 points behind his Republican challenger, George Allen, son of a former Washington Redskins coach and, like Robb, a former Virginia Governor. Eager not to abandon one of the party's better-known names, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has been spending freely in recent months to keep Robb afloat. As Senate minority leader Tom Daschle...
...question is, Just what does Robb want to do? In two recent debates, he was quick to debunk his opponent's policy ideas but suggested few of his own. And Allen has relentlessly exploited Robb's somewhat aimless campaign. The 48-year-old challenger says Robb is out of touch with "Virginia values," meaning the antitax, socially conservative beliefs Allen happily epitomizes. Allen has also promised that as Senator, he would introduce a $1,000-to-$2,000 "education tax credit" bill to help parents buy computers and school supplies, even if their kids attend private schools, which would make...
Robb says much of his Senate career has been conducted behind the scenes--the Intelligence Committee, one of four on which he sits, does much of its work in private. His campaign team is frustrated by Allen's in-your-face approach and his habit of harping on the 50[cents]-per-gal. gas-tax hike Robb proposed in 1993. They're trying desperately to focus on Robb's strengths, such as his support for the Balanced Budget Act in the Senate and his success as Governor in raising teachers' salaries. As strategist David Doak...