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Though Bentsen claimed that his J.F.K. line was spontaneous, it had been germinating for days. The weekend before the debate, the Bentsen camp descended on Austin for practice sessions. In a vacant basement bar adjacent to the Four Seasons Hotel, they set up a mock debate stage. Congressman Dennis Eckart, a golf tee stuck jauntily behind one ear, played Quayle. But Bentsen was nervous; he was not having fun. (They did not realize it at the time, but Bentsen aides mistakenly positioned him at the wrong lectern.) Then at one point Eckart, playing Quayle, compared himself to Kennedy. Bentsen became...
...sorts came at the party plenum two weeks ago. In a blitzkrieg shake-up of the leadership, Gorbachev named KGB chief Viktor Chebrikov, 65, head of a new commission on legal reform. Deputy KGB chairman Vladimir Kryuchkov, 64, leap-frogged over two more senior officials to get Chebrikov's vacant post...
...Tandler also says he was unaware that what he called "vacant land" was being used as a park by undergraduates...
...said the medal would be awarded to American Carl Lewis, who won the long jump yesterday. IOC spokeswoman Michele Verdier said the medal could be given to Lewis or first place would be left vacant...
...Harvard has a line-up heavy with veterans: nine of 11 starter return, with one of the vacant positions filled by Chapman, a back who has seen plenty of action in past seasons...