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...hundred ladies were all atwitter. A Colorado woman in sequined denim sighed, "He's such a sweetheart!" A gray-haired matron from Florida had a twinkle in her bifocals: "He's even better-looking in person than he is on TV!" A lady with a WOMEN FOR GRAMM button elbowed a woman in elephant earrings to get next...
...political magazine as it does a Bicentennial-era issue of Cosmopolitan. Fortunately, George is mostly uphill from there. One piece analyzes the leaking styles of various Clinton Administration officials; another offers a wonderful series of photos from New Hampshire in which a Pete Wilson operative snatches a BOB DOLE button off the shirt of a child who is posing with the Californian...
...sizable bankroll means he could stay in the hunt till the end. But the story to watch right now is Dole's positioning and demeanor. Earlier this year, in an attempt to win the backing of far-right activists, Dole abandoned some moderate views on such hot-button issues as gun control and affirmative action. His rivals screamed "flip-flop," but his lead held steady. Since then, with an eye on a general election campaign against Bill Clinton, Dole has stood where he's really always been--in the conservative mainstream...
Dole's daily life has been one long stamina-demonstration project. He begins his schedule around 7:45 a.m., though aides admit he isn't a morning person. He dresses himself with a buttonhook -- painstaking exercise for a man without the use of one arm, struggling through the top button of his shirt and the knot on his tie by himself. He exercises regularly on the treadmill his wife Elizabeth bought him a few years ago and then spent months coaxing him to use. (Horrified at the recent photo ops, she vowed to buy him some decent jogging shorts...
...others concerned about TV violence--or at least concerned about taking a public stance on the issue--the V chip seems a neat solution to the problem of asserting parental control. "I think that with a hundred channels coming in the future, parents should be able to push one button and knock gratuitous violence out of their homes," said cable mogul Ted Turner at a recent press conference. Representative James Moran, a Virginia Democrat, says, "We're not suggesting this is a perfect solution. All we're doing is offering something to parents who have to be in the work...