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...After Ariz. Sen. John S. McCain's recent victories in Arizona and Michigan, the Republican primary race has regained the status of an actual competition. Long-time frontrunner Tex. Gov. George W. Bush, startled by a drubbing in New Hampshire, won the South Carolina primary after claiming the antithetical mantles of a staunch right-winger and a reformer willing to buck party politics. Although Bush's maneuvers on reform are likely to be exposed as transparent, his move to the right will likely have lasting effects on his campaign, as future primaries will be less influenced by the votes...
...Vice President Al Gore '69 and former Sen. Bill Bradley have stopped niggling about just how to enable gay soldiers to serve openly. Tex. Gov. George W. Bush and Ariz. Sen. John S. McCain, their opposition to such a step made clear, have meanwhile shown little desire to rekindle the debate. The quiescence surrounding the issue may be welcome respite in a campaign season that, with every passing day, belies the notion of newfound public civility. But the temporary political truce on homosexuality in the military is a troubled one. The situation on the ground is as volatile as ever...
...BASEBALL The major league version will be wildly popular but just in New York City, Los Angeles, Houston and Phoenix, Ariz. The rest of the teams will have folded long before the end of the century, and only these four megalopolises will have the population base, and thus the cash, to support utility infielders making $100 million a year. The minor leagues will flourish too, in such cities as Toronto and Seattle, where ancient ballparks like the Skydome and Safeco Field will allow fans to remember simpler times, when the game was pure and hitters actually...
...after his disappointing third place finish in the Delaware primary. He had won in Delaware in 1996 with just 33 percent of the vote, but although he spent more time and money there this year than any other candidate, Forbes lost last week to Sen. John S. McCain (R-Ariz.). McCain decided not to campaign at all in the state so that he could focus on South Carolina...
DIED. RICHARD KLEINDIENST, 76, Nixon Attorney General who stepped down during Watergate and later pleaded guilty to a minor antitrust-scandal charge; in Prescott, Ariz...