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After extrapolating the full VIN from the fragment, the FBI contacted the Ford Motor Co., which checked its records and found that the vehicle was a yellow Ford Econoline E-350 van that had been sold to the Ryder Truck Rental Co. in Alabama. Ryder officials turned up the license plate XA70668 and reported that the van had been rented out of the company's Jersey City office. By Wednesday, only three days after the piece of metal had been found on the ramp, the FBI was in contact with Ryder officials in Jersey City, who had no difficulty remembering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Case of Dumb Luck | 3/15/1993 | See Source »

Whoever is chosen to replace Rich Bond as party chairman next January will face the task of reuniting the fractious G.O.P. Departing Minnesota Congressman Vin Weber seems the favorite for the job, partly because he is a straight-talking pol who kept his head above water while the President was drowning in his futile re-election bid. Du Pont also wants the party job, and has hinted he would forgo another run at the White House if he got it. Gramm and many moderate Bush operatives believe Labor Secretary Lynn Martin would do a better job of preventing the party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Divided They Fall | 11/16/1992 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By John A. Cloud, | Title: Ding, Dong, the Witch Is Dead | 11/4/1992 | See Source »

...Vin Weber, co-chairman of your campaign, was quoted the other day as saying, "The President doesn't like the idea of doing battle with Congress and doesn't like the idea of mobilizing the country to get Congress to change...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush on the Record | 8/24/1992 | See Source »

...granting China most-favored-nation status were voted down, the Buchanan camp did win a provision favoring tougher measures against illegal immigration from Mexico. The new plank supported placing "structures" along the border, a variation of Buchanan's idea of building frontier fences. "That's wacko," remarked Congressman Vin Weber of Minnesota, a conservative whose main concern is fiscal policy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rot on the Right | 8/24/1992 | See Source »

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