Word: albert
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...seats up for grabs. Two of the other winning candidates nominated by the University, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Frances FitzGerald '62 and former MIT President Jerome B. Wiesner '37, have spoken out in favor of divestment publicly, while another elected Board member, Presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Albert Gore, Jr. '69 (D-Tenn.) has vocally supported sanctions against South Africa...
...Democrats, the initial face-offs have been polite enough to satisfy Miss Manners. During a forum at the Iowa County Fair in late August, Senator Albert Gore of Tennessee won headlines for his so-called aggressiveness toward Dukakis. In truth, Gore's criticisms were tepid in the extreme: "With all due respect to my friend from Massachusetts, we need some specifics." But with the Democrats in ideological tandem on everything from opposition to aid to the contras to horror at the Reagan deficits, any expression of individuality is treated as major news. The Republicans will soon be debating within their...
Others were. The owlish Georgian had been viewed, especially by fellow Southerners who are helping to organize the region's Mega-Tuesday primary next March, as the Tory knight who could draw centrist and conservative Democrats back to the party. The two immediate beneficiaries: Tennessee Senator Albert Gore, who despite his more liberal record could become the South's favorite son; and Jesse Jackson, whose solid base of black support is likely to win him an even greater share of Southern delegates with the region's white vote splintered...
None of the candidates in Little Rock could rightfully claim to have captured the mind of the South. Jesse Jackson, with his characteristic charismatic cadences, triggered the most enthusiastic response. Senator Albert Gore of Tennessee, the only Southerner in the race, won a meaningless straw poll. Missouri Congressman Richard Gephardt was rewarded with a standing ovation, and Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis provoked the most curiosity. But it was Republican Senator Robert Dole of Kansas who got off the most telling line. Referring to the never ending quest of Southern Democrats to find the ideal moderate candidate, Dole observed, "The perfect...
...contrast to a decade ago, when offbeat comics like Martin, Albert Brooks and Andy Kaufman were redefining the stand-up genre, the current crop is relatively traditional. Except for a few intriguing eccentrics, such as Bob Goldthwait and Emo Philips, most of today's comics present themselves as regular folks, directing barbs at familiar subjects, from TV commercials to dating. Their lineage can be traced directly to two influential comics of the 1960s and '70s, George Carlin and Robert Klein. Both rooted their material in the commonplace concerns and shared memories of the baby-boom generation (especially TV) and perfected...