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NASHUA, N.H.: One of the Granite State's cities hardest-hit by the recession. When I went to Nashua for a day to canvass for Tom Harkin last week, I fully expected that the economy would be the most important issue on the voters' minds--and it was. But I was surprised by the voters' near-universal indecision about which candidate to support...
...council also voted to canvass the undergraduate population for suggestions and new ideas...
...number of current polls show that Bush's rating has soared into the 80s and 90s. But Gallup, perhaps the most respected sampler, waited until the gulf victory had sunk in and then launched its canvass over the weekend. The figures will be announced this week. The Gallup experts predict that Bush will equal the Truman mark and perhaps even...
While Congress debated, the White House continued to canvass for votes. On Thursday the President called in 17 Senators, including seven Democrats, to solicit their support. Next morning, more than 100 members of the House mushed through a snowstorm to a White House breakfast at which the President pleaded for their backing. Said Bush: "The last, best chance for Saddam Hussein to get the message is in your hands." To counter pro-sanctions arguments, CIA Director William Webster sent a letter to the Hill asserting that even if the embargo remained in place for six months to a year...
...DeJong victory, if it comes, will be tough.At Bulgers spacious campaign headquarters on EastEighth Street, South Boston, volunteers, many ofthem union members, make canvass phone calls longinto the night. And even on Newbury St., manypeople's faces take on a blank look when the nameDeJong--or Bulger, for that matter--is mentionedto them. One man asked about Bulger replied,"didn't he play the scarecrow in `The Wizard ofOz...