Word: coxes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that Bob Dole has appointed former Representative Robert Ellsworth to head his vice-presidential-search team, fresh wannaveeps are cropping up everywhere. The newest name being circulated by the conservative wing of the party is Congressman Christopher Cox. Who? Cox, 43, an articulate four-termer, is in many ways a composite of what Dole needs in a running mate. He is a Californian (Orange County) who can help the Kansan win the Golden State's treasure trove of 54 electoral votes. Cox also is a Roman Catholic who grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota, thus appealing to the swing ethnic...
...list of 23 also cut some prominent candidates, including Dean of the College Ernest R. May '59 and Archibald Cox '34, whose involvement with the Nixon administration and flamboyant method of troubleshooting made him unpalatable to many...
However, according to Cox, in the end, Bok's demonstrated administrative capabilities and his long-term vision for the University probably played a larger role in his selection...
...Cox, the former Williston Professor of Law who worked closely with the Pusey administration during the campus unrest in the late 1960s, said in an interview last week that Bok had proven skilled in dealing with activist Law School students, a skill demonstrated by the comparatively smooth relations between the Law School and its students...
While the University was then embroiled in conflict, Cox said the Corporation probably assumed that the fever-pitch of activism would pass and that there would be more important challenges ahead for Harvard...