Word: colins
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...pointed arrow in his quiver, and he may prefer to save it until later in the contest. But more immediately, Dole knows it would be quite unwise to make an overhaul of affirmative action a campaign issue as long as he clings to even the slimmest prospect of attracting Colin Powell to the Republican ticket. When the issue came up during a recent Dole strategy session, campaign manager Scott Reed quickly shot it down. A Dole adviser who attended said the Dole camp will not discuss affirmative action anytime soon--and maybe not for a long time...
...personal level, I was relieved to read what Mathews has discovered about the electoral power of height. My father happened to believe strongly that any American boy could grow up to be President, and since I was the nearest American boy at hand, I am someone who, like Colin Powell, has faced a certain amount of presidential pressure...
...last telephone conversation between Bob Dole and Colin Powell had all the romance of a bad blind date. Ending months of silence between the men, Powell telephoned to congratulate the Kansas Senator in early April after Dole clinched the G.O.P. nomination. By careful arrangement, Dole had been warned to simply say thanks and under no circumstances mention the vice presidency. Dole obeyed the ground rules but asked the retired general, "Can I call you for advice on foreign policy now and then?" Sure, said Powell, anytime. And then he hung up. The whole thing lasted less than a minute...
...Given the membership we have, there's a definite student body desire to have this organization," says Colin Kennedy '97, treasurer of the HRRA...
...Entertainment Weekly holding forth in Manhattan. George magazine entered the sweepstakes with its first party in Washington at the hilltop house of Peggy and Conrad Cafritz. Editor in chief John F. Kennedy Jr. attracted an intense power cluster, usurping for the moment the cluster power of General Colin Powell, who sat in the corner rooting for Apollo 13. George president Michael Berman explained the genesis of the curious name. "Stephanopoulos was too hard to pronounce," he said, glancing at the eponymous presidential adviser. Kennedy in his remarks called his staff "Washington specialists," mystifying the crowd, who wondered whether he employed...