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I figured 75 percent off would put the price somewhere south of $100. When you've parked between two Range Rovers and are standing next to a shelf of cashmere sweaters in the $700 range, less than $100 for a shirt seems terribly reasonable. I was sold - until informed that...
The next afternoon at the boxing quarterfinals, there was a moment when I realized the Cold War is not only history, it's cold history. In the space of a half hour I saw Jeff Lacy, the American armed robber turned 165-pound contender, stopped by a Russian, then our...
In the last twelve and a half years, Al Gore has debated 35 times as vice president and presidential contender. He's debated in groups, debated one-on-one, debated in town halls and on talk shows. He's debated dwarves like Gephardt and Dukakis, jocks like Jack Kemp and...
Cheney, chosen for his governing potential and his Desert Storm credentials, was preceded on stage by a onetime veep contender, Governor Tom Ridge. The governor spoke more than twice as long as the candidate did, and with 10 times the animation. When his brief turn came, Cheney ventured out from...
In addition, his faith could still come back to haunt him in the more conservative areas of the country. Over the summer, in the heat of the veepstakes, Boston Globe political columnist David Nyhan came to speak at the Institute of Politics. He appraised the chances of each contender on...