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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Mario Cuomo is blessed -- or cursed -- with the ability to see both sides of any argument. As a lawyer, he was trained to plead pro and con and was always deft at making his case. As a man, he is inclined to argue inwardly, to question his motivations, his ambitions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letting The Cup Pass | 3/2/1987 | See Source »

Openly for the past four months, inwardly for a good deal longer, Cuomo has been weighing the prospect of running for President. Tentative, sometimes coy, playing Hamlet on the Hudson, he has offered only hints as to what was going on inside his mind. But of late the New York Governor seemed to be off and running, what with testimony in Washington, a speech in California, a trip to New Orleans, plans to go to Iowa and New Hampshire. Many Democrats saw him as a figure who could inspire Democratic voters with an eloquent message of national compassion combined with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letting The Cup Pass | 3/2/1987 | See Source »

...Dukakis and New York Governor Mario Cuomo have managed to block the startup of Shoreham and Seabrook because NRC rules adopted in the wake of the 1979 accident at Three Mile Island, Pa., virtually require state and local cooperation in planning for the evacuation of residents within 10 miles of a reactor in the event of a major accident...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dukakis Attacks NRC Seabrook Ruling | 2/27/1987 | See Source »

...Cuomo told the NRC Tuesday that the notion of ignoring state objections "suggests a policy that would be unconstitutional, a blatant disregarding of the need for evacuation, a repudiation of the president, a contradiction of the history of this commission...and a further blow to your already diminished credibility...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dukakis Attacks NRC Seabrook Ruling | 2/27/1987 | See Source »

Although his rhetoric can inspire, Cuomo must now show that his message can sell. His vague vision of the nation-as-strikes some as mushy old liberalism. Notoriously thin-skinned and confrontational with critics, he will have to learn to endure the endless fleabites that come from relentless questioning on the campaign trail. But unlike other potential candidates, Cuomo does not need to scrounge for attention; he is sure to draw crowds, and reporters will trail him like stardust wherever he goes. He has a $4.5 million war chest left over from his landslide re-election and an aura that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mario's Moves: On your mark, get set, Cuomo! | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

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