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Cooper's title of collegiate champion needs an asterisk, however. Three rowers from Brown pulled fast enough times in the preliminary heat to qualify for the Men's Open Division finals (which any rower regardless of age is eligible...
...Hampshire, Tsongas stands to benefit far more than Kerrey, Harkin or former Governor Jerry Brown of California. Since mid-January, as the others floundered, Tsongas has become Clinton's main challenger in the first primary. Favorable news coverage and his performances in televised debates have also raised him above asterisk status in national surveys. While New Hampshire polls continue to depict a skittish electorate, Tsongas' support is less volatile than that of his rivals, and in one survey late last week Tsongas held a shaky lead. "He's everyone's first or second choice," says Democratic chairman Chris Spirou. Thus...
...pugnacious president of Boston University was considered a political asterisk last January when he began his candidacy to succeed Governor Michael Dukakis. Despite a string of outrageous statements and an undisguised high opinion of himself, Silber stands a good chance to get the Democratic...
Silber has evolved from a political asterisk to serious contender in five short months by becoming a channel for rage and frustration against bureaucracy in general and the fiscally disastrous administration of Michael Dukakis in particular. He capped his uphill fight by narrowly corralling the necessary 15% of delegates at a chaotic Democratic state convention. For that feat, Silber drew at least as much attention as former state attorney general Francis X. Bellotti got for finishing first...
...city-on-the-bay that the television networks played throughout last Tuesday evening certainly carried enough historical grandeur to fit into a future documentary on the 20th century. The World Series angle could only help: putting the Series off for more than a week nearly guarantees an historical asterisk, at least. And we were there...