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Massachusetts Democrat Gerry Studds, 47, was censured by the House for a homosexual affair with a teen-age House page. Instead of ducking the problem, Studds turned it into a gay-rights issue. Even though his district, which includes Cape Cod and several fishing ports, is heavily Republican, Studds defeated Lewis Crampton, 45, a moderate who distanced himself from Reagan. Illinois Republican Daniel Crane, 48, who was censured for being ultimate with a 17-year-old female page, could not withstand the challenge of Democratic State Senator Terry Bruce, 40. Crane, a handsome father of six, had served three terms...
...Republican rival, businessman Ray Shanue, spent part of the day stumping on Cape Cod with GOP candidates for Congress and local offices. Shamie then closeted himself with briefing papers to prepare for a face-to-face debate with Kerry on Tuesday, their last encounter before the Nov. 6 election...
August is holiday time. France heads for the beach, Congress for home, and psychiatry for the asylum of Truro on Cape Cod. What makes for a holiday? Not time off from work. That happens on weekends, and no one calls that a holiday. Nor merely leaving home. That happens on business trips. Ask Willy Loman. On holiday one escapes more than work or home. One leaves oneself behind. The idea of holiday is a change of person, the remaking of oneself in one's own image. The baseball camp for adults, for example, where the bulky stockbroker, facing...
...Madden, an unsuccessful writer approaching 40, grieves over the departure of Patty Lareine, the wealthy wife whom he loves and hates to distraction. It is November, and the tip of Cape Cod retains nothing of its summer weekend splendors: "Provincetown was as colorful then as St.-Tropez, and as dirty by Sunday evening as Coney Island." Confused and lonely, Madden stalks the deserted streets and dunes by day and repairs in the evening to a local restaurant, where he sits in the bar and drinks too much. He is conscious of his new status as an unaccompanied stag and approves...
...like the Cameroons team," said Arnold L. Bossi of Cape Cod, adding. "They're just crazy like kids out having a wonderful time for 90 minutes. They're the most imaginative--and launch lightning attacks you couldn't begin to block, like Brazil used...