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ALWAYS LOOKING ahead, Governor Jerry Brown's eyes gazed east from the day he arrived in Sacramento. After an aborted Presidential bid, he has settled for a more modest aspiration: the U.S. Senate seat vacated by sleeping Sam Hayakawa. His opponent, Republican Pete Wilson, has spent the last few years as Mayor of San Diego and is as well known there for his colorless personality as Brown is everywhere for his eccentric flamboyance...
...series of gaffes. When questioned about his views on Social Security, Wilson advocated making Social Security payments voluntary for those over 45 years of age. Ever the opportunistic politician, Brown quickly created a series of T.V. ads showing scissors clipping a Social Security card as a voice implied that Pete Wilson wants to scrap the system. Los Angeles Times analyst Richard Bergholz, however, claimed that in fact the candidates' views on the issue are virtually identical to each others...
...RACE has subsequently deteriorated to the name calling atmosphere of a grade school. Pete focuses his campaign on Jerry's unpopular record as governor, as well as his unconventional lifestyle. Jerry challenges Pete for his lack of experience in addressing national issues, exemplified by his constant public slips. Jerry plays his usual role of avoiding a specific stance on any given subject. Each is investing millions of dollars to smear the other's reputation...
Most recently, Jerry has attacked Pete for his views on Proposition 12, a nuclear freeze referendum. Pete drifted from a probable "yes" before the primary to a flat "no" afterwards. In a somewhat assbackward argument, he claims the initiative's scope is too limited to satisfy him. He would support it if it called for an arms reduction prior to the freeze, even though normal logic dictates production must stop before reductions can be negotiated...
Harvard's other touchdowns came on a four-yard run by Allard in the first quarter, finishing a 44-yard drive; a seven-yard. Allard-to-tight end Pete Ceko loss with 3:33 left in the second quarter, culminating a 13-play, 71-yard, four minute and 43 second Crimson drive; and a six-yard run off right tackle by McCabe at the three-minute mark of the third period, pushing Harvard's lead to an insurmountable...