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...Rico EDUCATION: Dodge Vocational High School, diploma, 1961 FAMILY: Wife, Mary Staucet; five children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: Army Medical Corps, 1964-66 OCCUPATION: Public official POLITICAL CAREER: New York Assembly, 1975-90; sought Democratic nomination for Bronx borough president, 1985; U.S. House, 1990- ADDRESS: 203 West 90th Street, Apt. 4B, New York...
...members of the cast deliver lines with an apt sense of timing, particularly Rabbit and Heawood, both of whose differently-toned platitudes can be very funny. Perhaps the only sore spot lies in the admittedly difficult role of Lulu (Abigail Gray), a friendly neighbor whom Goldberg seduces. While she seems to exist only as one more way in which Goldberg can menace Stanley--sexually--Gray comes across as somewhat more awkward than necessary...
...debater would be far smoother than Dole the campaigner. In general he avoided the problems that can make him a quizzical speaker on the stump. He finished his sentences and connected his points. He showed the sense of humor that his aides have advised against as a weapon apt to go off in the wrong direction. When moderator Jim Lehrer, the PBS newscaster, asked Dole whether he agreed with Clinton that Americans were better off than they were four years ago, Dole snapped back with a nod at Clinton, "Well, he's better off than he was four years...
...comes a time," the lyrics run, "in ev'ry man's life/ When he gets tired of foolin' around/ Juggling hearts in a three- ring circus/...Forever, forever, baby, I want U forever./ I wanna keep U 4 the rest of my life." Not Ira Gershwin exactly but an apt and amusing sentiment...
...rather partisan assortment of speakers. But looking at the countless Clinton/Gore signs in the audience, the student body generally seems in agreement with the political stance of the IOP. A couple of more creative students even rearranged the letters on the Dole sign to read OLDE--a fairly apt statement from a day devoted to the empowerment of youth. I even heard someone joke that the members of Harvard Republican club were actually going to devote their booth to campaigning solely for Kemp 2000 so that they would be taken more seriously...