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Greene made two slow, awkward revolutions, and plunged to the water before finishing the dive, landing flat on her back. The flop gave her three scores of one, the lowest she has ever received in college competition...
...everything to gain. Because of the flop, Greene had no real chance to win the event, but needed to prove to herself and the rest of the league that she was still the best...
...finishing third in New Hampshire, Paul Simon announced that he would bow out of the race unless he won either Minnesota or South Dakota. The following day, however, he said he would stay | in at least until after his home state's primary on March 15. Behind the flip- flop was some arm twisting by Illinois supporters. State Democratic Chairman Vince Demuzio collared Simon at Chicago's Midway Airport last week. "I told him I almost cut off my nose shaving when I read what he had said," says Demuzio. Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan groused about being left "high...
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...
...says the house's cachet "made it an honor to take less money." Doing business the old-fashioned way has long-term rewards as well. "Sometimes a writer ahead of his time has to be nursed along," says Giroux. "Remember, Moby Dick was a flop in the 19th century -- too much whale...