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...pundits can dub the Harvard faculty the Dukakis mafia, then they may have reason to call Harvard students the candidate's henchmen...
Indeed, his critics dub him a master of the flip-flop, accusing him of committing the deadliest sin of American politics. As a House member he supported an array of measures that he now repudiates: the 1981 Reagan tax cut, the MX missile, an antiabortion amendment and a freeze in Social Security benefits. But Gephardt is unruffled by the charges of hypocrisy: "All great political leaders have changed their minds in response to changing circumstances. It's silly to be rigid on things when circumstances change...
...them there is much with which to rub-a-dub-dub...
Twenty-one defecting Cardinals prompted Runner Ron Wolfley to dub St. Louis the "jellyfish capital of the N.F.L." But the brothers Noga, at least, have made their peace. While Niko was striking, Peter was standing in, usurping his sibling's linebacker position and even his jersey numeral, 57. "It was like seeing another image of myself," says Niko, who grumbled at the time but only for show. "I'm glad he had a shot at it. If nothing else, he has a memory. Besides, it wasn't people like my brother who hurt...
...Kohl towered eight inches over his guest, leading police escorts to dub the pair Big Man and Little Man. Despite his height advantage, Kohl later complained that he had developed a visceral aversion to his guest, who "physically gave me the jitters." Honecker, spry at 75 but stiff and formal around Kohl, visibly relaxed as he toured four of West Germany's eleven states. He softened his rhetoric, at one point predicting that the border between East and West Germany will one day "no longer divide us but unite us." The most touching moment came when Honecker arrived in Wiebelskirchen...