Word: campaign
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...persuaded Washington to let him visit his alma mater, Cornell, four years ago, the first-of-a-kind trip by a Taiwanese leader since the U.S. dropped diplomatic recognition of Taiwan in 1979, the incident seemed trivial. But China literally went ballistic. In the midst of Lee's campaign for re-election, the People's Republic, which regards Taiwan as a "renegade province," staged ominous military exercises in the narrow waterway separating the island from the mainland, firing test missiles. Washington responded by dispatching two carrier battle groups to the region, and the world trembled at the possibility of armed...
...RUNNER-UP] MARILYN QUAYLE (7): Embrace the Serpent and The Campaign: A Novel...
...Rival campaigns laughed when GEORGE W. BUSH's campaign paid $43,500 in a silent auction to rent prime space at next month's Iowa straw poll. "They took the bait," chuckled an adviser to Lamar Alexander. But Bush is laughing now. Rather than dip into his campaign chest, he had six donors cover the tab. Too clever, says Steve Forbes' team, which charges that the end run is a violation of campaign laws that prohibit individuals from giving more than $1,000 to a candidate. The Bush folks say that since the money went to the Iowa Republican Party...
...GORE has already spent 42% of his purse on a busload of consultants and events like a do at Manhattan's Pierre Hotel that cost $7,500. Said Bush strategist KARL ROVE: "We are the cost-conscious campaign...
Admit that you found yourself admiring John Kasich last week when he withdrew from the Republican presidential race. It's said that Kasich, who never got past the single digits in the polls and had mustered the sort of funds that would be considered tip money by the campaign of George Quincy Bush, was simply being realistic. He can't win. My point, exactly. Given the fever that grips people running for President, simply being realistic always comes as a welcome surprise. When Orrin Hatch gets realistic enough to withdraw, he'll be praised with comments like "He wasn...