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FADE-OUT OF THE YEAR: Lech Walesa, electrician-turned-ex-Polish President. Runner-up: Pete Wilson, Governor who hoped to turn U.S. President...
President Clinton and Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, House Speaker Newt Gingrich and House Majority Leader Dick Armey will hold a budget summit at the White House Friday. Talks got back on track after White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta met Thursday with Sen. Pete Domenici and Rep. John Kasich, the chairmen of the Senate and House Banking Committees. House Republicans have said that they will not pass a continuing resolution to end the partial federal shutdown until the budget deal is completed...
WANT TO HAVE LUNCH WITH NEWT? WHAT ABOUT BREAKFAST WITH the future Republican nominee for President? Or drinks on a yacht with California Governor Pete Wilson and other G.O.P. Governors? All this access to powerful people is for sale, and can be yours, for a mere $250,000. Make checks payable to the Republican National Committee...
...because of that exemption, hasn't had a franchise move since the Washington Senators went to Arlington, Texas, in 1972. Since then, the N.F.L. has faced 10 moves, counting Cleveland, Houston, Chicago and the two New York City teams to New Jersey. As far back as 1964, N.F.L. Commissioner Pete Rozelle argued that an antitrust exemption was necessary to safeguard "the league's ability to take measures which ensure survival of its weaker franchises...
...money, and with little visible support among prospective G.O.P. primary voters, Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter suspended his campaign for the presidency. Specter, who had hoped to present himself as the moderate alternative to the party's conservative field of candidates, becomes the second G.O.P. presidential dropout, after California Governor Pete Wilson...