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Another Wilson boast was that he was "the Republican candidate most feared by the White House," in part because he could prevent President Clinton from winning California. That claim was similarly damaged last week when a Los Angeles Times poll showed Wilson sliding 19 points behind Clinton in a hypothetical election match-up in California: 57% to 38%. In a TIME/CNN poll of Republican voters nationwide last week, Dole led with 39%, followed by Gramm with 11%, Buchanan with 8% and Wilson...
...stand that he had used the epithet--is a racist who planted the famous bloody glove at Simpson's home in order to frame him. Earlier in the week, with the jury absent, many more excerpts from the tapes were played for a shocked courtroom; spectators heard Fuhrman boast, in unrelentingly vile language, of beating suspects and lying about evidence in earlier cases. However, there was no immediate indication of whether Fuhrman was telling the truth about his exploits, and Ito ruled that the tales largely had no relevance to the Simpson case...
...Batman Forever," which opened in many cities last weekend, broke all box office records, drawing more crowds than even "Jurassic Park." While the last part of the Batman trilogy many not be able to boast the same pastoral cinematography, it is worlds more suspenseful than this quiet drama...
...stodgy U.S. senate cannot boast many funny moments, and that's just one reason Larry Pressler is such a standout. Take the time a few years ago when the South Dakota Republican got up to leave the Senate Commerce Committee and walked instead into a closet. When he re-emerged a few minutes later, he tried to act as if nothing had gone wrong. He looked back into the empty space, waved as if he were saying goodbye to someone and closed the door. Then he located the real exit and left to titters from the audience...
...Henry in the 800 meter, the Crimson could only boast a handful of scoring performances. Henry won the 800 in 1:49.7, Dusek placed second in the javelin, throwing 211'4" and Carswell placed second in the 5,000 meters with a time...