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...independent expenditures. During the past two elections, both the left and the right discovered just how effectively these loopholes can be used. The conservatives did it first in 1994, when such Republican-leaning lobbies as the Christian Coalition, the National Rifle Association and the tobacco industry joined forces to defeat the late Mike Synar of Oklahoma, a Clinton friend, by spending more than $1 million on billboards, radio spots, phone appeals and "voter guides" handed out in church pews and in Wal-Mart parking lots. Similar tactics around the country were a key to producing the first Republican-controlled House...
...Clinton drew nominal primary challengers and no general election competition to become Arkansas' attorney general. Same story in 1978, when he became the nation's youngest governor. Even after a near-fatal defeat in his 1980 re-election bid, Clinton faced a weak incumbent in 1982. Skipping forward 10 years, he won the Democratic nomination for president from a field widely considered the party's second-string, and went on to face George Bush, who was not exactly grounded in the political reality of his time. Now, in 1996, he faces Bob Dole. Tough...
...victories would quickly erase the painful memories of last night's loss. Although snatching defeat from the jaws of victory can be painful, it can also prove to be an important character building experience...
...sophomore Naomi Miller. The forward headed in two long passes for goals and assisted on another in Harvard's 3-0 victory over Fairfield Sunday in the Harvard Invitational, giving the Crimson the tournament victory. In the first round on Friday, she scored a goal in the 2-0 defeat of Cornell...
...spooked the timber interests as never before. If passed, the ban would be the most severe restriction on timber harvests in the country. "It would devastate the forest-products industry," says Vic Berardelli, its spokesman in Augusta. The industry responded with a $1.8 million war chest to try to defeat the referendum--a huge effort in Maine...