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When Bush finally started firing away on Horton and on Dukakis' veto of a 1977 bill requiring teachers to lead the Pledge of Allegiance each day, Dukakis' "strategy of shrugging off attacks suddenly stopped looking presidential and started looking weak," says a top aide. Estrich dismissed the potency of patriotism as an issue. "If Bush thinks he's going to get anywhere with this Pledge stuff, he's crazy," she told an adviser. "We've got this Supreme Court decision." That was the problem. Months after Bush first raised the issue, Dukakis finally responded: "If the Vice President is saying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Anatomy of A Disaster | 11/21/1988 | See Source »

Democrats do not lack other potential 1992 candidates. Richard Gephardt and, to a lesser extent, Al Gore are strengthened by the perception that they would have run stronger races than Dukakis did. Bill Bradley remains as beguiling as ever, and Mario Cuomo stands ready to prove that not all Northeastern ethnic Governors are soulless technocrats. Maybe 1992 will be the year the Democrats shake off their presidential curse. Or maybe the party is just doomed to wander in the wilderness until President Dan Quayle runs for a second term...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are The Democrats Cursed? | 11/21/1988 | See Source »

...Francisco, alumni from both schools will watch The Game at the Golden Gate Grill. General Manager Bill D. Pitura said he's "looking forward to it" but would "feel differently if it was the Stanford-Cal game." Today is also the day of that "Big Game" and Pitura said he's "seen the behavior of Stanford graduates on several occasions" and would prefer not to see it again...

Author: By Rebecca A. Jeschke, | Title: From Redwood Forests to the Gulf Stream | 11/19/1988 | See Source »

WEST POINT, N. Y.--Appropriately enough, Harvard hockey Coach Bill Cleary's secret weapon finally sparked here at the U.S. Military Academy last night...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Icemen Power By Army, 6-1 | 11/19/1988 | See Source »

...Mike Dukakis again. The man who can win for the Democrats is Bill Bradley. The popular New Jersey Senator is a Rhodes scholar, former professional basketball player, and a highly respected man on Capitol Hill. He has been an architect of progressive policies such as tax reform...

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: Starting Over | 11/19/1988 | See Source »

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