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There were also times when Harvard was far from being a contender.
Quayle, aides explained, meant to "stir a debate" over "family values" and Hollywood's treatment of them. And so he did. A New York Daily News headline set the tone: QUAYLE TO MURPHY BROWN: YOU TRAMP! Switchboards at the White House and on TV and radio talk shows lit up...
SMOKING OUT THE TRUE NATURE OF A PRESIDENTIAL CONtender is never easy, but with not-yet-declared candidate Ross Perot, the journalistic challenge has been especially tough. The billionaire businessman comes with neither a political track record nor detailed position papers, and two weeks ago, he announced he was cutting...
Still, Brown was not seen as a serious contender. Though he won points for his down-to-earth image, other Democratic candidates seemed annoyed at the air-time consumed by repeated pitches for his 800 number.
LIKE BUCHANAN, Democratic contender Edmund G. Brown Jr. has few detailed proposals for education reform.