Word: caine
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...they vote as they did in June's open primary, when Fong took 3 out of 4 Asian voters, many of them "crossover" Democrats motivated more by ethnic pride than ideology. "Asian Americans can only think of themselves as a swing vote in a very close election," says Bruce Cain, a political scientist at the University of California, Berkeley. "But this appears to be that kind of race--a race in which crossover voters could make the difference...
...voters share one thing, it's a predilection toward socially moderate, pro-business pragmatism, which is what Asian-American Democrats like Governor Locke have in common with Asian-American Republicans like Lim and Fong. It is also what makes Asian-American candidates so palatable to non-Asian voters. "Traditionally," Cain says, "they've been the most successful of all minority candidates in winning white votes." So win or lose, Fong's candidacy will probably be a bellwether. Says Howard University law professor Frank H. Wu: "Asian Americans don't want just to be photographed with people with influence. They want...
...help win it back in 1996. "There is a residual angst," reports Dickerson, "a sort of low-grade feeling of being annoyed. But Clinton is still somebody the Democrats want campaigning for them." They'll be pleased, then, that the President promised to "raise issues, raise money and raise Cain" on behalf of the party this November. There's just one question: When Ken Starr's report explodes in Congress this fall, will it make Clinton damaged goods...
...will do that to you. But the celebs who saw the film, shot entirely in America's largest prison (situated on a former slave plantation in Louisiana), gushed with praise. "Where can I get a subscription to the Angolite?" asked Anne Heche about the prison's magazine. Warden BURL CAIN, left, gave the film crew unprecedented access to all areas of his Big House, and the film's director, Jonathan Stack, found so much material there that he's now working on a film focusing on one of the inmates. He's also got a whole new crew...
There have always been conflicts and hatreds between brothers--Cain and Abel, for example. There will always be a Jewish nation, divided or not [WORLD, May 11]. Leave the Jews to settle their differences by themselves. The press has helped destroy a princess, and is working to bring down the American President. Is the state of Israel next? LARA SAUER, age 16 Johannesburg...