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...Jack Kemp (R.-N.Y.) narrowly defeated Pete du Pont and Pat Robertson in the competition for third place, emerging as a conservative alternative to the front-runners. But the group was clumped far behind Bush and Dole...
...Republican race, Bush led with 11 New Hampshire delegates, Dole seven, Kemp three and du Pont two. Those results would raise their national totals to 61 for Bush, 42 for Dole, 35 for Kemp and two for du Pont. In all, 1139 delegates are needed to win the Republican presidential nomination. Empty-handed yesterday, Robertson already had won eight delegates...
While Bush and Dole, Kemp and Du Pont have viciously attacked each other in debates and TV commercials, the Republican hopefuls have shied away from criticizing Robertson. His strong showings in Hawaii, Michigan, and lowa have convinced the other candidates that Robertson and the white, fundamentalist nonvoters he has recruited into the Republican fold are a force to be reckoned with. This hands-off policy toward Robertson has prevented an honest evaluation of his record, and his success has nudged the other candidates farther toward the right...
...hopefuls must ask themselves how far they are willing to go. On close examination, Robertson's views are far beyond the prevailing currents of mainstream political thought, making Du Pont look like an FDR liberal...
...with raiders ranging from T. Boone Pickens to Carl Icahn and have invented strategies like the "Pac-man" defense, in which a raided company turns around and gobbles up its attacker. Almost every corporate battle in which they have been involved has become the stuff of high drama, from Du Pont's $7.4 billion takeover of Conoco in 1981 to Canadian Robert Campeau's current $5.5 billion bid to acquire Federated Department Stores...