Word: electable
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Playing opposite Bill Bradley in the congressional front court. Unlike Bradley, newly elected Congressman Tom McMillen of Maryland did not, as a professional basketball player, move well without the ball. Like the New Jersey Senator, however, he is a neoliberal Democrat, a Rhodes scholar and a victor in his first race for office. At 6 ft. 11 in., he is 6 in. taller than Bradley and a full 2 ft. taller than his Maryland colleague, Senator-elect Barbara Mikulski (a savvy point guard if there ever...
George Bush. The Vice President's task seems a bit more difficult now that it is clear that Reagan's popularity does not transfer easily. But Bush helped elect new Republican Governors -- powerful in the primary process -- and many are his friends...
...many national issues, Florida Senator-elect Bob Graham's positions can hardly be distinguished from those of Paula Hawkins, the incumbent Republican he beat 55% to 45% -- or for that matter from those of Ronald Reagan, who campaigned unavailingly against him. Democrat Graham, 50, who enters the Senate after eight years as Governor, supports the Strategic Defense Initiative and aid to the Nicaraguan contras, and he considers the Gramm- Rudman-Hollings Act a "necessary sledgehammer" to trim federal spending...
...Viet Nam in 1967 and spent the next 5 1/2 years in a prisoner- of-war camp. He came out with two broken arms and a broken leg; he still walks with a slight limp and cannot raise his right forearm above elbow level. His war-hero status helped elect him to two terms in the House and, last week, to Barry Goldwater's seat in the Senate. McCain, 50, easily defeated Democrat Richard Kimball...
...sudden rash of U.S. business retreats was more than just a coincidence. In order to recoup their investments in South Africa, many companies that elect to leave find it necessary to advance substantial start-up loans to local buyers. GM, for example, plans to underwrite the sale of its $176 million in assets in South Africa to its own local executives and lend the new management an additional $44 million to wipe out the company's current indebtedness. These loans, which will be repaid from profits in future years, may be considered "new investments" in South Africa under...