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...after that. One man talked about giving women an extra 24 hours in the hospital after birth, and another saw children by the side of the road in New Jersey and said out loud, "There's a tax cut. There's another. $500." On the day Dole invoked the "Brooklyn Dodgers," Clinton went to the Grand Canyon--and with the stroke of a pen made it bigger. Clinton toured nursery schools, talked about putting the Internet in the classroom. Dole visited graveyards, and talked about estate taxes. When he dispatched top aide Scott Reed to Dallas last week...
...dictionary was begun in 1907 by two German scholars, Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker, but since the publication of its 37th volume in 1950, it has tried to do no more than issue occasional volumes of updates. Even that is a task comparable to repainting the Brooklyn Bridge with a nail-polish brush. Thieme-Becker is not, in any case, translated into English...
...among those who jumped on Bob Dole for referring to the National League team that plays in Los Angeles as the Brooklyn Dodgers. I know what it's like to mention Carl DeRose, the sore-armed right-hander who pitched a perfect game for the Blues in 1947, and draw nothing but puzzled looks from people who call themselves baseball fans...
BORN: June 2, 1948, Brooklyn, N.Y. EDUCATION: Marymount Manhattan College, B.A., 1970 FAMILY: Husband, John; two children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Public official; customer-service representative POLITICAL CAREER: Jefferson County clerk and recorder, 1991- ADDRESS: 16399 South Golden Road, Golden...
BORN: Feb. 9, 1944, Brooklyn, N.Y. EDUCATION: Rockport High School, graduated, 1963 FAMILY: Wife, Donna; three children RELIGION: Jewish MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Cookie-company owner/executive POLITICAL CAREER: None ADDRESS: 2617 Sandy Plains Road, Suite C, Marietta...