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...former chief executive of suburban Boone County is running as fast as he can away from Clinton, even though Lucas' own polls show that over the past few months, he has steadily gained on his opponent, Republican state senator Gex Williams, and now enjoys a five-point lead. Lucas is on tough terrain for a Democrat: the district voted 49% to 41% for Bob Dole in the 1996 election, and it has been represented in Congress by beloved Republican Jim Bunning, who this year announced his own bid for the Senate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Monica Effect: A Democrat Shuns Clinton | 9/28/1998 | See Source »

...Crimson still held just a five-point lead, 48-43, with 11:43 to go in the second half, but freshman Dan Clemente's baseline jumper ignited Harvard on a 12-0 run over the next...

Author: By Jamal K. Greene, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: M. Basketball Breaks Even Over Break | 1/5/1998 | See Source »

Against Lehigh, the Crimson allowed a 35-6 cushion to dwindle to a five-point...

Author: By Bryan Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Menick Rushes Into Record Book | 10/20/1997 | See Source »

While I did not agree with everything you said about the IRS, your five-point proposal for improving it rings true and echoes a five-point plan unveiled last month in a speech by Treasury Deputy Secretary Lawrence Summers, who is charged with looking after the IRS. His plan requires Treasury and the IRS to 1) strengthen oversight; 2) improve flexibility, cutting away the bureaucracy and using outsourcing wherever appropriate; 3) improve budgeting, particularly for investments in information technology; 4) proceed with tax simplification to make the tax code easier to enforce and 5) put in place the leadership from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 28, 1997 | 4/28/1997 | See Source »

...first-half lead over abominable Yale (2-8, 1-6), but the Elis turned the trampling around with an intense charge and three touchdowns in the second half. Yale recovered an onside kick and promptly put six points on the board for its second touchdown and only a five-point deficit, but Harvard's tremendous defense held off a final Bulldog attack and sealed the triumph...

Author: By Matt Howitt, | Title: Harvard Triumphs in The Game, 26-21 | 11/25/1996 | See Source »

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