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...there was a difference between the two candidates. Dukakis was simply too inarticulate to express that difference until the waning days of the campaign. He could have won this election, but like most politicians he lacked the fortitude to tamper with the electorate, and take his chances with a volatile group of new voters with no prior allegiences...
Granted, it will take a politician with rare courage to reach out and inspire these non-voters. It will take more than a boring technocrat, or a mean-spirited candidate who appeals to our cheapest instincts. It will take a principled and committed liberal strong enough to express his love for the people, and bold enough to challenge them...
Initially intended to put out an insert for adult newspapers, Children's Express went on to publish a magazine, a syndicated news column and a book containing a collection of its best articles. Stories are now distributed to 35 newspapers, and another book is due out next month. All are the work of 400 eight-to-18-year-old contributors recruited from around the country. The move to TV was the idea of 60 Minutes producer Harry Moses, who had worked on a piece about the organization. PBS was so impressed by a pilot version that it offered...
...former classmates at the Columbia Business School. Moreover, Kravis had previously spoken to Johnson about a buyout of RJR Nabisco. Now it seemed to Kravis that Cohen was trying to steal the deal. Actually, Johnson had brought the idea to a trusted friend: James Robinson III, chairman of American Express and Cohen's boss...
...Cohen made their peace over breakfast at the Plaza Hotel. In a two-day series of round-the-clock meetings that followed, the KKR and Shearson/RJR teams discussed alternative buyout plans. George Roberts, who normally works out of KKR's offices in San Francisco, and Robinson of American Express joined Kravis, Cohen and Johnson in the negotiations...