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...mail on Sept. 13. The list does not include the larger universe of persons who may have had unauthorized access to the campaign material in question - lower-level campaign aides, volunteers, couriers, employees at copying or tape duplicating services, family and friends of campaign officials and so forth. FBI officials say that until they conduct a full field criminal investigation, they cannot compile a complete roster of all those who could have been in a position to filch the tape and papers, and, unless somebody blurts out a confession, it will take much more work to winnow the evidence...
...Though Gore did not hold his first real rehearsal until last Thursday, he started batting possible questions and answers back and forth with advisers weeks ago, and will hunker down by this weekend at a practice site near Boston, the location of debate No. 1. Gore himself has benefited from low expectations in the past, but now is regarded as one of the most effective debaters on the political scene. That could be why he downplays the intensity of his own preparation, telling reporters, "We'll just squeeze in a little time here and there. Probably...
...debates should take place on talk shows rather than in the more traditional formats he eventually agreed to, they will still provide the candidates plenty of opportunity to mix it up. Next week, for instance, each question will be followed by three answers from each side, going back and forth, with one of the exchanges lasting six minutes. That's an eternity by presidential-debate standards. The candidates will be situated more informally, seated at a table for their meeting in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Oct. 11, and finally, will take questions from the audience at a town-hall setting...
...will cost to reshape Social Security into a system where Americans can invest part of their premiums. Gore's team believes Bush has the rigor and tight message to get through the first two answers, but that his riff will begin to sound thin in the back and forth. Here too they hope to get to what they see as the greatest point of their endeavor: raising doubts about whether Bush has the weight...
...publish a so-called humor magazine, occupies a special niche on the campus extracurricular scene. For most of the year, the Lampoon's editors remain within the walls of what they like to believe is an impenetrable mock-Flemish castle. And then, once or twice every semester, they venture forth to distribute an issue of the magazine, or perhaps a Crimson parody. Their work done, they recede silently back into the shrouded depths of the castle...