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First, let's get this snarled, so you know I know. You could care less whether I like Harvard or not: that's between me, my pet rock, and the folks who foot the bill. Phil Rubin--the editor behind this tangle of thorns--could care less. The message he left didn't ask for sentiment. It said, "1 page, single spaced." I heard, "two pages of the magazine down, five more to go, what about the Newbury Comics Ad?" I don't blame...
...aging "Actors" (Phil Munger and John Morton), also help develop the plot, though they follow the narrator's directions only insofar as it promotes their own washed-up acting careers. With booming voices and theatrical flair, Munger and Morton easily steal the show. Their incredibly comical scenes provide reason enough to see the production...
Center-Right Republicans. They believe the party can recapture a majority by emphasizing its two traditional strengths: fiscal restraint and foreign-policy stewardship. The centrists, who include Defense Secretary Dick Cheney and Texas Senator Phil Gramm, consider the far right too offensive to independent- minded voters, especially women, and believe the Kempites are too cavalier about the federal budget deficit. An ex-Democrat, Gramm said he could balance the budget within five years, and has gone further than anyone except Ross Perot in calling for reduction in such entitlements as Medicaid and Medicare. Unlike Kemp and other supply-siders, Gramm...
...issues? Tax cuts versus deficit cuts. Libertarianism versus religious rightism. Protectionist isolationism versus free trading internationalism. Jack Kemp versus Phil Gramm. William J. Bennett versus Bill Weld. Party ideologue and retiring Rep. Vin Weber of Minnesota versus James A. Baker III. Patrick J. Buchanan versus everyone. It's gonna be a bloodbath...
...main opposition in the party is Sen. Phil Gramm of Texas, a pain-before-gain deficit cutter with a mean streak so wide that he may easily alienate Republican primary and caucus voters in 1996. In other words, Kemp is now golden in the GOP. Columnist George F. Will even endorsed him for president this year over Bush...