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Harvard (17-6, 10-1 Ivy) will play road games against Brown (10-14, 7-5) and Yale (12-12, 7-5) this weekend. The season finale will be a showdown against second-place Dartmouth (15-8, 7-4) in Hanover on Tuesday...
...trailing as one with such fanaticism should be. Even once people concede that he actually emerged victorious in a state, they nevertheless laugh off the fact that he does not stand a real chance, and that at least he adds some excitement to what would otherwise be a boring showdown between the uncharged and uncharismatic former Tennessee governor Lamar Alexander and the wornout and politically mechanical Dole...
...only wonder why he decided to donate his lucrative earnings from the popular daytime game show to Harvard University, of all places. He could have spent his money on one of the Showcase Showdown dream vacations to Guadalajara (brand new jeep included) or poured his money into a golf course so he could practice his "Hole in One" putts. He could have polished his "Plinko" pucks until they shined...
Several hundred Granite State residents found out Sunday afternoon after the four leading Republican presidential candidates pulled out of what was supposed to be a major showdown between all eight contenders two days before the nation's first presidential primary...
...catch is, of course, that Forbes' funds aren't limited, at least not by the spending rules that Dole and other publicly funded candidates must obey. Behind the scenes, the showdown in New Hampshire is taking a toll on Dole's overall strategy. The majority leader had planned to spend about $1 million on advertising in the state. But Forbes' deep pockets have, according to an official, pushed the Dole media budget in the region to $2.8 million--money that has to come from elsewhere: the South, the Midwest or California...