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Students and faculty send e-mail--called "Blitzmail" on the Hanover. N.H. campus--to each other very easily. In fact, the practice has become so popular that " 'Blitz' has become a verb at Dartmouth," says Lawrence M. Levine, director of Dartmouth's computing services...
...seemed to lose some momentum after his New Hampshire victory, finishing fourth in South Dakota with 10% and winning the Feb. 23 Maine caucuses with a puny margin over none other than Jerry Brown. Nonetheless, he pulled in enough cash after New Hampshire to launch a five-state advertising blitz last week. Tsongas was outspending the more affluent Clinton in Maryland, where the former Massachusetts Senator seems to have his best chance of showing he can win outside New England...
...regular season winds down, the media blitz has already started for post-season awards. Yale has already started, touting forward Mark Kaufmann (17-18-35) as a candidate for the Hobey Baker award, given to the outstanding collegiate hockey player...
There is a six-foot-high map of Manchester on the wall with polling places circled in red. Next to the map is taped the battle plan for the final week of this campaign. Wednesday: all day canvass with phone banks. Thursday: yard sign blitz, last day to fax list of identified supporters to Concord office. Friday: field continues to throw decks and fold in new supporters, focus on plant gates. Saturday: GOTV (get out the vote) efforts continue. Election day: ward coordinators meet at targeted polling place, dispatchers come on duty and forward rider requests to drivers, maintain visibility...
...congruent with the concerns most people say they are interested in, like requiring able-bodied people on welfare to work for their assistance and offering college loans in return for community service. Fashioning an easily understood plan for national health insurance is the last major volley in Clinton's blitz. To defuse an anticipated attack from Kerrey, who has made health care his strongest issue, Clinton was expected to release his program this week...