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...last telephone conversation between Bob Dole and Colin Powell had all the romance of a bad blind date. Ending months of silence between the men, Powell telephoned to congratulate the Kansas Senator in early April after Dole clinched the G.O.P. nomination. By careful arrangement, Dole had been warned to simply say thanks and under no circumstances mention the vice presidency. Dole obeyed the ground rules but asked the retired general, "Can I call you for advice on foreign policy now and then?" Sure, said Powell, anytime. And then he hung up. The whole thing lasted less than a minute...
...Given the membership we have, there's a definite student body desire to have this organization," says Colin Kennedy '97, treasurer of the HRRA...
...Entertainment Weekly holding forth in Manhattan. George magazine entered the sweepstakes with its first party in Washington at the hilltop house of Peggy and Conrad Cafritz. Editor in chief John F. Kennedy Jr. attracted an intense power cluster, usurping for the moment the cluster power of General Colin Powell, who sat in the corner rooting for Apollo 13. George president Michael Berman explained the genesis of the curious name. "Stephanopoulos was too hard to pronounce," he said, glancing at the eponymous presidential adviser. Kennedy in his remarks called his staff "Washington specialists," mystifying the crowd, who wondered whether he employed...
Other recent Commencement speakers include the president of the Czech Republic Vaclav Havel, Vice President Al Gore '69, former Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell and Prime Minister of Norway Gro Harlem Brundtland...
...state of New Jersey. I won't be on any ticket in 1996." Whitman, who took office in 1994, was seen as a rising star after giving the Republican response to President Clinton's State of the Union address in 1995. She had been mentioned, along with Colin Powell, as being on Dole's short list. The majority of Republican voters back Powell, but he has insisted he is not a politician and has no interest in the job. Dole has said he has not seriously thought about choosing a running mate. He expects to wait until the GOP convention...