Word: arlen
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...Arlen Specter(R-Pa.), a moderate who supports abortion rights, launched his long-shot bid for the1996 GOP presidential nominationby warning that Republicans would squander an historic chance to control both Congress and the White House if they abandoned the political center. "Let me say this as plainly as I can," Specter, 65, said in a speech at the Lincoln Memorial. "Neither this nation, nor this party, can afford a Republican candidate so captive to the demands of the intolerant right that we end up by re-electing a president of the incompetent left." Is he right? In an interview...
...Star Is Born opened to unkind reviews, fans of the 1954 original (or, indeed, the 1937 original original) have another reason for dismay. ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER (Sunset Boulevard) intends to stage his version of the old classic. To the relief of many, however, he will use Harold Arlen's songs from...
...trend in the G.O.P. field is running decidedly against the programs. Senator Phil Gramm and commentator Pat Buchanan call for their abolition. Lamar Alexander opposes preferences based "solely" on race. And Senate majority leader Bob Dole has commissioned congressional hearings with an eye toward major restructuring. Only Republican Senator Arlen Specter largely defends the status quo. On the Democratic side, President Clinton has ignited what amounts to a holy war within his party. Last week moderates like Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut put Clinton on notice that they want reforms as a way to win back the white male voters...
...expense of the party. Specter claims the opposite: that keeping the provision divides the party by shutting out pro-choice members. On domestic and fiscal issues, Specter's conservative critics have less room for complaint. As a former district attorney of Philadelphia, crime control has always been his passion. "Arlen convinced us that we were the only ones fighting for the people," recalls Ed Rendell, his former assistant and now mayor of Philadelphia. "He convinced us we were the guardians at the gates of hell." Specter would abolish plea bargains and mandate life sentences for career criminals...
...that the G.O.P. primary campaign is under way, money is the first order of business--and often the second and third. Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter spends four hours every morning cold-calling prospects, sometimes making a joking promise to suburban Philadelphia lawyers that if he loses, he won't come open a law office in their neighborhood. Phil Gramm has been traversing the country with a slickly produced slide show designed as much to intimidate opposing fund raisers as to shake the tree for himself. This week Bob Dole is preparing his third direct-mail drop in nearly as many...