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...reason for this is that the process--the calendar, the rules, the role of the Governors--is intended to favor the candidate sanctioned by the party. If all goes according to plan, Bob Dole should hobble Buchanan, the impetuous insurgent. But nothing so far has gone as planned, and party lawyers can imagine a scene like this: a fractured convention, with clumps of delegates nominally pledged each to Dole, Lamar Alexander, Pat Buchanan and Steve Forbes; more than half the delegates not legally bound to any candidate at all under various state rules; no clear sign of a nominee...
Because Dole is prevented by law from raising more money if he runs out, this is a gamble. Dole is now betting that if he wins New Hampshire, he'll have enough momentum to carry himself through the rest of the calendar. In the meantime Dole can count on help from such special-interest groups as the National Association of Home Builders to attack the Forbes flat-tax plan (and its proposed elimination of mortgage-interest deductions) in direct mail, radio spots and newspaper advertisements. Dole needs to pull out all the stops because a loss in Iowa...
Louisiana resident Ryan A. Hackney '97 said he was frustrated by Iowa's pressure on the candidates and defended his state's decision to nudge forward on the primary calendar...
...referred to council resolutions on key card access, Youthvote '96, calendar reform, and Core reform to illustrate his point...
...Their incomprehensible but passionate vocals struck a chord in the hearts of an unexpectedly large contingent of despairing Britons. Hence the cries of "Sellout!" when the group switched from the obscure 4AD to main-stream Capitol Records, and the winces of fans when 1993's lovely and melodic Four-Calendar Cafe attracted comparisons to the Sundays and the Cranberries. The Cocteau Twins' two latest EPs, released within weeks of each other, take the Twins' unique, subtly emotive sound in a new direction altogether, with uneven results...