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...begin his climb from the electoral cellar, George Bush needed a fortnight of seamless good fortune: a small triumph of diplomacy with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, James Baker's return to political service, then a smooth glide to Houston for joyous coronation by a united Republican Party. Maybe the convention week will go that way. But in the first half of the Republican fortnight, the President seemed unable to awake from what is turning out to be a nightmarish fight for re-election...
Republican politicians and citizens who have journeyed here from Massachusetts, including Harris, say the recent climb in Republican influence in the Commonwealth has rejuvenated their political spirits. Not only do most of them say it's much easier to be a Republican in Massachusetts these days, but they describe...
...fervor in the group's hit single, Tennessee. Here, Speech mourns the loss of two relatives and describes his pilgrimage to his ancestral home in Ripley, Tenn. He revels in his family history and the beauty of the rural surroundings: "((I)) walk the roads my forefathers walked,/ Climb the trees my forefathers hung from./ Ask those trees for all their wisdom,/ . . . He guided me to Tennessee . . . home...
...Despite a lagging economy, the U.S. confectionindustry has seen tremendous growth," he said.Retail sales of candy are expected to climb to $14billion in 1992, Cheek said, and the averageAmerican will eat 21 pounds of confections thisyear...
...reach a faculty member if you want. You can have an intellectual discussion with a graduate student. But students often have to climb a lot of stairs to get to even the mid-levels of the Ivory Tower. It's easy to decide that the tiring trudge just isn't worthwhile...