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WASHINGTON, D.C.: Walking down the Capitol steps Tuesday, Bob Dole was quietly optimistic about his chances in primaries in Arizona and the Dakotas. "We feel good about it. We hope to win two out of the three primaries today. We'd like to win all three." Expected to win in both North and South Dakota, Dole faces a stiffer fight in Arizona, where polls show him neck and neck with Steve Forbes and Pat Buchanan in the winner-take-all contest for the state's 39 delegates. But for Dole, the fact that he was leaving Washington Tuesday...
...Jersey, the Missouri-born, Princeton-educated Bradley (Rhodes scholar, 1965-67) has also been a pretty good team player. He worked hard for his state and was a determined if quixotic battler for such causes as tax reform, equitable water distribution in California and retributive justice for South Dakota's Lakota Sioux...
...Canadian farmer's field, just 1,800 miles into the trip. The 51-year-old Fossett, who has climbed some of the world's tallest peaks, set records in ballooning and sailing and completed Alaska's 1,100-mile Iditarod Sled Dog Race, lifted off from South Dakota's Black Hills early Monday and immediately ran into trouble. A faulty autopilot system, extreme cold and a dead heater left him with just three hours sleep in two days. Then the electrical and communications systems failed. As a pair of helicopters combed the region, Fossett changed course and headed...
...Gwynne, workers will begin posting signs raising the state speed limit to 70 mph over 77,000 miles of Texas highways. A number of like-minded Western states are giving motorists freer rein: Kansas, Nevada and Wyoming will raise the limit to 75 mph, while Oklahoma and South Dakota will set theirs at 70. The best state for Unser wannabes? Montana, where the only limit will be how fast eight cylinders can move...
...Rick is someone who really has my interests at heart," Dole said that night on the plane back from South Dakota. "He wrote me a memo. Maybe you should see it. I read it about once a week...