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...even this did not produce the desired results. The Democratic Party challenged the signatures and Galvin withdrew Robinson's name from the ballot...
Sophomore goalkeeper Paul Tselentis started both games, as junior Gresham Bayne withdrew from Saturday's action due to back spasms...
...back and forth in our minds about this," says Danforth. "We left politics six years ago and returned to St. Louis, where we wanted to stay. There were very strong pulls not to go through with it." In early June, the former Senator and Episcopal minister called Cheney and withdrew his name. Bush called the next day, but Danforth stood his ground. With Danforth out, the list of contenders grew. Cheney paid a visit to the Capitol Hill office of Tennessee Senator Bill Frist. Vetters were dispatched to the New York law firm of Dewey Ballantine to review Pataki...
Early in 1989, the newly elected President George Bush ran into trouble with his first nominee for Defense Secretary, Texas Senator John Tower. Facing accusations about heavy drinking, womanizing and security lapses, Tower withdrew his name. Bush, who needed a new nominee who would get a quick confirmation from Congress, reached for Cheney, a popular Congressman. Cheney, who had little hope of reaching his dream of Speaker so long as the Democrats had a lock on the majority, quickly accepted. He was approved by a Senate vote...
...shadow conventions has proved to be self-reinforcing as Republicans get skittish about signing on. John McCain will open the gathering in Philadelphia with a call for campaign-finance reform, but--here as elsewhere--not many of the party faithful will follow him. Jack Kemp, originally publicized as keynoter, withdrew from the conventions last week. "Jack just feels this isn't something he's comfortable participating in," says a spokesman. "The more he looked into it, there just didn't seem to be the balance and the genuine debate he'd been hoping for." Kemp's retreat leaves Congressmen...