Word: florida
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When 20 states--including 14 Southern and border states--go to the polls Tuesday, thousands of Americans will take a part in an experiment in regional power politics. From Washington state to Birmingham, Alabama and Key West, Florida, candidates must disseminate their messages, carefully targeted to appeal to this predominantly Southern audience. But the experiment has gone awry...
Dukakis' last major campaign appearance in Massachusetts was last Tuesday, when he swung through North Cambridge and other parts of the solidly Democratic Eighth Congressional District. Since then, the governor has been airborne, stopping in the Super Tuesday states of Texas, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Maryland, and even touring the West Coast...
...drawback is that passengers with free tickets can take seats away from paying customers. Most frequent flyers are business travelers who earn their mileage points going to such relatively unpopular destinations as Boise and Buffalo. When the time comes to redeem their bonuses, they go to Hawaii, Florida or the Caribbean. Some analysts estimate that up to 33% of the seats on some airlines' popular routes are taken by passengers who are flying free...
Take Dole, probably the most accessible of the major contenders. In three frenzied days last week, he touched down at five separate airports in Minnesota, four in South Carolina, plus one each in North Dakota, South Dakota, Missouri, Oklahoma, North Carolina and Florida. His entire campaign swing in Oklahoma lasted 83 minutes. Nine TV cameras chronicled his arrival in Oklahoma City, as he strolled across the airport tarmac, climbed a flight of stairs and held a press conference. He bristled when one reporter tartly suggested that other candidates had seen more of Oklahoma than just the airport. "You got about...
Yesterday the Red Sox opened up in Florida, split squads talking on the Tigers in Lakeland and the Chunichi Dragons in Winter Haven. In less than a month the Red Sox open up at Fenway Park...