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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...
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...
...voting difference between Bentsen and Quayle strikes at the fundamental differences between the candidates," said Gene Sperling, domestic policy advisor for the Dukakis-Bentsen campaign. A spokesperson for the Bush-Quayle campaign said, "Senator Quayle has nothing to say about this issue...
...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...