Word: colorado
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...politics and democracy so pure that voters could veto tax hikes by referendum. Who would drive this bus to Utopia? Well, Perot has been scouting for someone he describes as "George Washington II." For months no one volunteered for that role. But now Richard Lamm, former Democratic Governor of Colorado, is auditioning, and Perot must decide whether to treat him as a protege or a threat...
...appearance two weeks ago at its California conclave, where the audience devoured his assault on "generational malpractice." Said he: "Without unpopular reforms...the future of the American experiment stands in grave jeopardy." His credentials make him a credible spokesman for Perot's issues. During his 12 years in Colorado's statehouse, Lamm was called Governor Gloom because of his warnings about the need to tame entitlement programs such as Medicare...
...timing of a perfect slap shot. With his Florida Panthers facing off against the Colorado Avalanche for the Stanley Cup, owner Wayne Huizenga unveiled plans last week to sell 50% of his three-year-old team to the public. The offering would make the Panthers only the second U.S. sports team to sell stock as well as seats. Basketball's Boston Celtics went public in 1986, when they were still top contenders. But since then the stock has produced a cellar-dwelling annual return of less than...
...Operations [NATION, May 27], expressed varying views. Rand Knox of San Rafael, California, remembered the recent forced resignations of other high-ranking military officials and suggested Boorda had overreacted. Wrote Knox: "The military makes the trivial important and the important trivial." Retired Army Sergeant Major David L. Pompili of Colorado Springs, Colorado, was saddened by the suicide but pointed out, "If Boorda's citation did not award the V device [for valor in combat experience], he was not authorized to wear it. Careers are ruined by lying to the troops, and the good admiral knew that." But Rodolfo A. Arizala...
MIAMI: Patrick Roy was one goal better than Florida goaltender John Vanbiesbrouck as the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Florida Panthers to win the first major sports championship for the city of Denver. Uwe Krupp scored the game's only goal at 4:31 of the third overtime to give Colorado a 4-0 sweep and the Stanley Cup. In the team's first season in Denver after 16 lackluster years as the Quebec Nordiques, the Avalanche quickly won over the city. "The fans adopted the team as if it had been around for years," says TIME Denver bureau chief Richard...