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...Harvard lightweight varsity boat returns to the water this season as the defending Easterns Sprints champions for the first time since...
...been called into question. He insisted on appointing Tower, a longtime political ally, over the objections of aides who knew the nominee's vulnerabilities. The decision was all too reminiscent of Bush's selection of Dan Quayle, who as Vice President still comes across to many people as a lightweight. Other debatable appointments were those of Boyden Gray, the ethics chief with ethical problems of his own, and chief of staff John Sununu, ! an abrasive former New Hampshire Governor untrained in the ways of Washington. Sununu was insisting "we've got the votes" to confirm Tower over the powerful Nunn...
...Japan's camera makers are ready to try again, this time with improved technology and prices aimed at a broader consumer market. At the Photo Marketing Association's big annual trade show in Dallas this week, Sony and Canon will introduce a pair of palm-size, lightweight still-video cameras that will sell for less than $1,000. Each model can take and store up to 50 shots on erasable, reusable 2-in. floppy disks. When plugged into a television set, the new systems display images that are about as sharp as conventional TV pictures. They are expected to arrive...
Quayle might be excused for feeling a bit frustrated by the focus on his looks. Well aware of his image as a lightweight, he carefully prepped for his first solo mission as a diplomat, a three-day, largely ceremonial trip to Venezuela and El Salvador. Still, the Vice President's handlers were nervous about a possible blunder. When the chartered plane that was to carry nearly 50 reporters along on the trip was abruptly canceled, there were suspicions that the idea was to limit press coverage...
...such crash courses should be necessary spotlights Quayle's greatest difficulty. In his own words, delivered during an NBC television interview last week, he is still "a huge question mark" in the public's mind. That is putting it mildly: to many people the campaign image of an intellectual lightweight stubbornly lingers. In a Yankelovich Clancy Shulman poll taken for TIME before the Inauguration, half of those questioned had no particular impression of Quayle, and 30% viewed him unfavorably. Asked if Quayle is qualified to assume the presidency, 52% said no and only 30% said yes -- a poorer ratio than...