Word: bentsen
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...address last week at Sanders Theatre, which was as much an announcement for a 1992 candidacy as a campaign stop for the Dukakis-Bentsen ticket, Jackson spoke directly to the role of the youth of America in this coalition, urging them to participate in the political process. Challenging the prevailing mood of apathy, Jackson called upon students to recognize their latent political power. "Whenever young America has come alive," he said, "America has always been made better. By the sheer power of your courage, your innocence, your idealism, your will to make a difference, you've always made America better...
...Harvard police officer denied Linda D. Rottenberg '90 and Chris Morris '89, co-chairs of Harvard Students for Dukakis-Bentsen, entrance into the October 9 Cornell-Harvard football game, citing a rule prohibiting political campaign materials other than buttons within the stadium...
Rottenberg and Morris said they were carrying Dukakis-Bentsen signs, which they planned to distribute to supporters when Harry Ellis Dickson, Kitty Dukakis' father and a former conductor of the Boston Pops, directed the Harvard Band at halftime. When Morris left with the signs, Rottenberg, who was carrying a closed bag of campaign T-shirts, was again prevented from entering the stadium...
Meanwhile, Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, Dukakis' vice presidential running mate, was drawing upon the memory of fellow Texan Lyndon Johnson, whose presidential library in Austin was the site for an evening campaign rally...
...Senator Bentsen is from a conservative Southern state and for almost 40 years has had a solid civil rights record. What you see in Bentsen is a deep commitment to civil rights," said Sperling. "What you see in Bush and Quayle is a fleeting, almost nonexistent commitment to civil rights...