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...past several elections, the vice-presidential candidates have had little or no impact. Jack Kemp utterly failed to create excitement for the 1996 Dole ticket, and Gore has a tough time being exciting about almost anything. In all fairness, Gore did a solid job in the 1992 vice presidential debates, but his presence on the ticket wasn't instrumental in President Clinton's election success...
...Dole survived the battlefields of Italy during World War II, but he almost didn't make it out of Los Angeles International Airport last year. It was a clear November evening when the former Senator and his wife Elizabeth were settled comfortably into first class on a United Airlines flight to Washington. The 757 began its rapid roll to take off. Moments before, an AeroMexico jet had mistakenly begun to cross that very runway on its way to the terminal. As the United plane hurtled down the tarmac, the pilots were startled to see the AeroMexico plane wandering into their...
...restricting the number of flights per hour would probably prove effective--and expensive. It comes down, says Air Safety Week editor David Evans, to "the classic tension between economics and safety." In this trade-off, there's a lot to be said for safety. Just ask Bob and Elizabeth Dole...
...Perot ran under the banner of the Reform Party against President Clinton and Republican challenger Bob Dole, drawing less than nine percent of the vote. But the showing was good enough to secure federal matching funds for the Reform Party candidate in the 2000 election...
...Cohen: "As long as these private suits are pending, the pressure will remain on the industry to show they are changing for the better." And what's a few new labels and age restrictions, cigarette makers may figure, if they help stanch a judge and jury's urge to dole out another multibillion-dollar award...